[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 121 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             AN AMERICAN JOBS ACT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Today, our hearts turn to the heroes and loved ones 
who lost their lives on 9/11.
  We will never forget the sacrifices of the first responders who are 
appropriately receiving special honor today. Yet firefighters and 
police officers are being laid off around the country. Why? Because the 
Republicans have sabotaged all efforts to avoid those layoffs and to 
create jobs. It will be 1 year ago tomorrow that the President sent to 
Congress the American Jobs Act, which would put people to work in areas 
critical to our communities and our economy--cops and firefighters and 
teachers--and would prevent those layoffs.
  Independent experts estimate that his bill would create up to 2.6 
million jobs; but has the Republican do-nothing Congress even allowed a 
vote on the American Jobs Act? No. Instead, they've found time to vote 
repeatedly to end the Medicare guarantee, and next week, Republicans 
will leave town and leave America without a jobs bill. Our first 
responders deserve better.

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