[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13510-13511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                                  JOBS

  (Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, day after day my Republican 
colleagues stand in the well of this Chamber blaming Democrats for 
failing to create jobs. As a Democrat who voted time and time again in 
this House of Representatives to create jobs for working families, I am 
shocked.
  Right now, and today, Senate Republicans are blocking the passage of 
five critical bills that would create at least 1.5 million jobs for the 
American people, and House Republicans, after not having cast votes for 
these bills, have the audacity to accuse Democrats of not doing enough 
to create jobs? Shame on them.
  I urge Republican Senators to vote for the America COMPETES Act, the

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Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, the Jobs for Main Street Act, and 
the Small Business and Infrastructure Act to provide desperately needed 
jobs. If they're serious about creating jobs, then they will urge their 
Senate Republicans to take immediate action and pass these bills.
  Senate Republicans, it's payday for the American workers. It's time 
to write a check to the American people and finish the job that the 
House started.

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