[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                PUT INLAND EMPIRE RESIDENTS BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. AGUILAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, we marked 100 days in the 114th 
Congress. Since taking office in January, I have traveled across my 
home district in southern California, in San Bernardino County, on a 
jobs tour to meet with small businesses, community leaders, labor 
representatives, and job seekers about what we can do in Congress to 
put the Inland Empire back to work.
  After having many conversations with residents and businessowners, 
today, I am releasing a jobs plan--a strategy--for how we can get the 
Inland Empire economy back on the road to recovery.
  My plan calls for giving small businesses the tools they need to grow 
and thrive to create 21st century jobs in emerging sectors like 
renewable energy and biotechnology, connecting employers with job 
seekers and supporting job training programs and investing in our 
infrastructure to spur economic development.
  We have a lot of work to do, but if we focus on these areas, we can 
strengthen the Inland Empire and the California economy and put our 
residents back to work.

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