[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 1, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H1405-H1406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BRINGING JOBS BACK
(Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
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Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I recently surveyed my constituents and
asked them what they thought I should spend my time on in 2011. No
surprise, they said jobs; create jobs.
Fifteen million Americans without work today, and what does the
Republican continuing resolution do? It is going to add another 700,000
jobs lost in America, by Mark Zandi, the fine economist who was the
adviser to John McCain when he was running for President, 700,000 jobs.
So why would they do this? You've got to scratch your head. The
reason why they want to do this is because they only win if the economy
is down, if there are more jobs lost. So their whole approach is not to
be Americans but to be Republicans.
I say: Republicans, join us in being Americans first. Let's create a
job-seeking engine. Let's create jobs in this country, not take them
away.
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