[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          LET'S WORK TOGETHER

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, it's been over 400 days since the Republicans 
took control of the House of Representatives and they still have not 
put forward a jobs agenda.
  Instead of focusing on creating new jobs, Republicans have been 
working on a partisan agenda that would end Medicare as we know it, 
protect tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas, and cut jobs, 
including 550,000 jobs that would be lost in the Republican 
transportation bill.
  Now prices at the pump are on the rise across the Nation. American 
families are hurting. It's time for Republicans to stop political games 
and work with Democrats on all-of-the-above energy solutions that stop 
the speculators who are inflating oil prices, extend production tax 
credits to create over 37,000 new jobs in solar energy, and cut $40 
billion in tax breaks for oil over the next decade. Let's work together 
on a responsible energy plan to lower gas prices and create new jobs at 
home.
  Before I close, I would just like to announce that I'm having a 
woman's health conference next month, March 15.

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