[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14097]
[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.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Well, Madam Speaker, here we go again. Today 
and every day in this Chamber my Republican colleagues stand here and 
blame Democrats for failing to create jobs. What nerve they have when 
they haven't voted for one jobs bill for the American workers.
  Right now, Senate Republicans, just like their House colleagues, are 
blocking the passage of five critical bills that would create at least 
1.5 million jobs for the American people, and House Republicans 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 
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 Republicans are really serious about job creation, then they'd 
urge their colleagues in the Senate to take immediate action and pass 
these bills.
  Madam Speaker, it's been 186 days since we passed our first jobs bill 
and still they haven't acted. It's time for Senate Republicans to act, 
write a paycheck to the American people, and finish the job that House 
Democrats started.

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