[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31846]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO JOBS PROGRAM

  (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, after nearly a decade of handing over 
middle class tax dollars to the wealthiest 1 percent, after nearly a 
decade of policy that encouraged million-dollar CEO bonuses over raises 
for American workers, we are witnessing the results of nearly a decade 
of complete Republican control of the Federal Government.
  They handed President Obama and this Congress two wars, hundreds of 
billions of dollars in debt, crumbling national infrastructure, a home 
mortgage crisis--one in eight mortgages in default or foreclosure--a 
global climate crisis, and a financial sector ravaged by greed and lax 
regulation.
  In short, this greatest economic and financial crisis since the Great 
Depression should be called the ``Republican recession.'' And then, 
they handed it all off to President Obama and now have the audacity to 
ask, Where are the jobs? Well, the jobs are coming. The jobs are being 
built right now because Democrats are focusing on jobs. Democrats are 
committed to a jobs program that talks about our infrastructure, 
retaining public employees, and building America's future again.

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