[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 176 (Thursday, November 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H7733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     GETTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, in the past few days, many Americans have 
contacted me through Facebook and Twitter with their thoughts, and 
their message was very clear: They want jobs, and they want them now. 
On behalf of these Americans, I urge the leaders of the House to 
respond by passing major legislation that will create high-paying jobs.
  They write to me: ``I hope you mean living-wage jobs that are 
meaningful, filled with dignity, and generated locally.
  ``Job creation begins at home. Close the loopholes that send jobs 
overseas and make it tougher to bring the profits and products back 
here.
  ``An additional suggestion would be to fund a Works Program 
Administration modeled after the first one implemented by Franklin 
Roosevelt, a new deal for the new millennium.
  ``We need to stop the manufacturing drain going out of the country, 
revisit the WPA to jump-start the economy, and fix our aging 
infrastructure.
  ``Heck, we need someone to clean weeds out of sidewalks. We need an 
energy policy and concrete plans to accelerate the use of renewables. 
Too much of our fuel costs end up in our trade imbalance.''
  These are the words from my constituents that I'm glad to share with 
you as we work very hard to get Americans back to work at meaningful 
jobs.

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