[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 137 (Thursday, September 15, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1637]
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         DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTION RELATING TO DEBT LIMIT INCREASE

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                               speech of

                           HON. RUSH D. HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 14, 2011

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, nearly two-thirds of Americans say that job 
creation should be Washington's top priority. But no one here needs an 
opinion poll to learn that. I am sure all my colleagues are hearing 
what I hear by mail, fax, e-mail, Twitter, phone calls, Facebook, and 
passersby on the street. Everyone is saying, ``Congress, get on with 
it! Make jobs! Get America to work! Get my husband, my cousin, my 
daughter to work.'' And, yet again, the Republican majority in the 
House is playing political games--wasting time debating a senseless 
resolution when we could, and should, be doing the work that the 
American people sent us here to do: creating jobs and revitalizing our 
economy. I recently visited several manufacturers in Central New Jersey 
to hear directly from job creators about what the federal government 
can do to promote growth. The political circus surrounding the debt 
ceiling negotiations was not mentioned once. With 25 million Americans 
either unemployed or underemployed, it's time to stop the political 
shenanigans and focus on the task at hand: putting America back to 
work. The debt ceiling debate this summer already wasted months that 
could have otherwise been spent focusing on job creation. In the end, 
the government made the responsible choice to pay its bills--case 
closed. Instead of further exacerbating the partisan divide on Capitol 
Hill, we should be coming together to fashion an effective, bipartisan 
jobs bill that the American people expect and deserve. How much time 
must we waste before we get serious about putting America back to work?

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