[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 184 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           GOP NO JOBS AGENDA

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, we've entered the 12th month of the 
Republican majority in this House, and if the past 11 are any 
indication, December will be a continuation of the GOP no jobs agenda.
  My colleagues in the majority have shown no interest in tackling 
America's real economic challenges, no interest in the fact that small 
business owners say that weak sales, not government regulation, are the 
main source of their struggle.
  No interest in the fact that it is tax relief for middle class 
families, not tax giveaways to corporations and to billionaires that 
our economy needs to boost consumer demand, and no interest in 
preventing the expiration of unemployment benefits for millions of 
struggling families and the havoc it would wreak on our economy. Mr. 
Speaker the majority's interest seems focused on one thing: an election 
still nearly a year away.
  Americans wants Congress to work for them. It's time we stand up for 
the middle class. Working families need us to work for them.

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