[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H6312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
A BETTER DEAL
(Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, Democrats unveiled A
Better Deal for the American people. This is an economic agenda that
will create 10 million good-paying, full-time jobs; raise pay; lower
costs; and give workers the tools that they need to get ahead.
A job is much more than just a paycheck. It is about knowing that
your hard work is valued and honored. It is about being treated with
the dignity and respect that every human being deserves. We don't have
enough of that in this country today.
People in my State and all across America feel like the system is
completely stacked against them. And do you know what? They are right.
Our Tax Code rewards companies that ship jobs overseas. Millionaires
and billionaires don't pay their fair share. Corporate special
interests spend secretly in our elections. It doesn't have to be this
way; and with A Better Deal, it won't be this way.
We are going to invest in our infrastructure, we are going to build a
new manufacturing economy, double investments in apprenticeships, and
we are going to make sure that working families are valued again.
The American people have had enough broken promises to last them a
lifetime, but Democrats are going to deliver real results to them with
A Better Deal, better jobs, better wages, for a better future.
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