[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 38 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1434]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       UNEMPLOYMENT IS A PRIORITY

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, it's now been 803 days since I 
arrived in Congress and the Republican leadership has still not allowed 
a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment 
crisis. My question is simple: Why then are we here?
  In poll after poll, election after election, unemployment ranks as 
our constituents' number one priority. And for good reason. 
Unemployment deprives people of their basic dignity, their health care, 
their homes, and their self worth. High levels of unemployment deprive 
the government of the tax revenue needed to overcome our fiscal 
challenge. President Obama has proposed the comprehensive American Jobs 
Act to get people trained, get people working, and get people 
contributing to the tax base.
  Madam Speaker, it's time to bring this bill to the floor. Our mantra 
should be simple: jobs, jobs, jobs. People are suffering. People are 
hurting for jobs, jobs, jobs.

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