[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H2626-H2627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     PASS THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT NOW

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, it has now been 864 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. We need to pass the American Jobs Act now. It 
deserves a vote.
  Unemployment is now higher than the 7.5 percent we hear about in the 
news. Another full percent of the workforce can find only short-term, 
unreliable work. Another half percent has stopped looking because there 
is no opportunity. Another 5 percent is stuck working part-time when 
they want full-time work. So our real unemployment rate is closer to 14 
percent.
  Madam Speaker, these people are not lazy. It's this Congress that's 
lazy. We are doing nothing to create opportunity for Americans who are 
suffering. Our mantra should be: jobs, jobs, jobs.

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