[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 25, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HOUSE-PASSED BILLS DEMAND ACTION

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last night, President Obama 
asked Congress to support his same failed policies that have kept 
unemployment above 8 percent. This administration has caused our 
economy to fail. The House has passed more than 30 bipartisan bills 
that will create American jobs, but the Democratic-controlled Senate 
has failed to move on 27 of them. It's time for the Senate and the 
President to get behind these commonsense bills that will boost job 
growth, cut spending, shrink the deficit, and get the government out of 
the way of small business.
  Just last week, the President rejected the Keystone project, which 
would create tens of thousands of jobs, draw billions of dollars in new 
investment to the United States, and increase our domestic energy 
security. America's energy independence should be a top priority for 
the White House. Americans want, need, and deserve immediate action on 
these bills and the Keystone pipeline.

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