[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H7022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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            REPUBLICANS' REFUSAL TO ACT ON AMERICAN JOBS ACT

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because 
it has been nearly 11 months that this Republican-led House of 
Representatives has pursued a no-jobs agenda and simply complains about 
the protections that the American citizens receive.
  The American Jobs Act will put teachers, firefighters, police 
officers, and construction workers back on the job; it will create job 
opportunities for returning American veterans; it will cut taxes and 
create financial growth incentives for American businesses as well as 
provide much-needed job training and hiring programs for Americans that 
are currently looking for work.
  Many provisions of the American Jobs Act have been strongly supported 
by Republicans in the past, but now, suddenly, they are against these 
ideas because they are being proposed by a Democratic President. This 
is the opposite of negotiation and compromise, and the American people 
do not have the patience for these antics instead of action.
  I urge both parties of this House to work together and pass the 
American Jobs Act for the American people.

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