[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT, NOT UNEMPLOYMENT

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, today in our country, too many families 
and small businesses are struggling. Unemployment remains high; wages 
are stagnant; prices for everything from gas to groceries are rising 
faster than paychecks. The middle class is getting squeezed, and the 
policies from this administration have not worked.
  Five years after the President took office, many Americans are still 
asking the question, Where are the jobs? Unfortunately, instead of 
helping to create jobs, the President is focused on making it easier to 
live without one. The House is focused on making it easier to find a 
job, to break the status quo, not to sustain it. We have passed dozens 
of bills that are sitting over in the Senate. Our focus is on ending 
this new normal, improving employment, not unemployment.
  The President says he wants to make this year a ``year of action.'' 
Sounds good to me. He can start by calling on the leaders over in the 
Senate to pass our jobs bills. He can start by approving the Keystone 
pipeline and the tens of thousands of jobs it will create. He can start 
by leading on trade promotion authority that will help employers and 
provide more employment in our country. And he can start by working 
with us on education and skills training to give people more 
opportunities.
  Let's make this a year of bipartisan action. I am sure the American 
people would welcome it.

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