[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1386-1387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WHERE IS THE JOB CREATION AGENDA?

  (Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask my 
Republican friends a simple question: Where is the job creation agenda? 
In the first month of the 112th Congress, this body has not taken up a 
single piece of legislation that will create jobs and put Americans 
back to work.

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  Let's look at what we have done: H.R. 2, repeal protections of health 
insurance reform. Created no jobs. H.R. 359, eliminating public 
financing for Presidential campaigns. Created no jobs. H.R. 38, 
establishing a budget with no numbers. Created no jobs. H.R. 519 is on 
the floor today, to reduce our annual payment to the United Nations and 
go back into arrears. Again, creates no jobs.
  Madam Speaker, my Republican friends claimed that job creation was 
their number one priority. The American people said loud and clear that 
job creation should be their number one priority. During the previous 
Congress we made that priority, which is why we are in the midst of 12 
consecutive months of private sector job growth.
  I ask my Republican friends to put aside ideology and join with the 
Democrats in making job creation their number one priority.

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