[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          JOBS AND THE ECONOMY

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, the 111th Congress has made historical 
progress working with President Obama to take America in a new 
direction. We are working to turn our economy around and create good 
jobs, to make commonsense reforms to how Wall Street does business, to 
make quality health insurance affordable to every American, and to 
launch a clean-energy jobs revolution that makes America more secure. 
These efforts are being tackled with fiscal discipline and 
accountability.
  You just heard about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; and 
then there is the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act, 
stimulating growth and creating jobs with up to 20 additional weeks of 
unemployment benefits. And then there is the Job Creation Through 
Entrepreneurship Act to give established small businesses and 
entrepreneurial start-ups the needed tools and resources to thrive, 
create jobs, and drive economic growth.

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