[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 22 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, Members, when the U.S. 
economy is showing signs of progress, our House majority's threatening 
to take 2 percent of the gross national product out of our economy, 
killing the gains we've made, and doing it on the backs of the people 
who need help the most, the middle class and the unemployed.
  Even though we were able to extend the payroll tax cut, unemployment 
insurance, and also the Medicare physician payments for just 2 months, 
millions of Americans dodged an average of $1,500 from a GOP tax hike. 
Now it's time to get to work and pass a year-long extension of these 
three important programs.
  We cannot afford to take more risks with the incomes of 160 million 
Americans the way the House majority did at the end of 2011.

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