[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     SUPPORT THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT

  (Mr. FATTAH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I recently visited a Boeing facility in 
Philadelphia where 2 years ago only 4,000 people were working. Today 
there are 6,000. They have three shifts working each day. They have a 
weekend shift on Saturdays and Sundays. They are working hard and 
playing a vital role in our national defense.
  I wanted to rise today to compliment the Obama administration for 
giving Boeing the largest contract in the history of our country with 
the tanker procurement program, well over $34 billion, which takes 
American ingenuity and manufacturing jobs to a new height here in 
America, and I want to thank the administration for their hard work on 
this. This has been delayed for a long period of time, and having seen 
these Boeing workers work so very hard and well, it just reminds me of 
how many other Americans want to go to work.
  I hope that we have a chance to support the American Jobs Act, that 
we bring it up and vote on it favorably so we can put many more of our 
fellow citizens to work.

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