[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LET'S DEAL WITH JOBS

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Madam Speaker, I, like all 434 other Members of this 
body, was elected to the 112th Congress. Shortly after arriving, I was 
told that the number one responsibility we had was to create jobs. So 
far, that has not been the case. We have given attention to health 
care, which I understood to have been one issue that we gave too much 
attention to. So my question today is, What about the jobs? When are we 
going to talk about jobs? I would like for somebody, anybody, to talk 
about jobs. When are we going to do the job of creating jobs? If we do 
our jobs, then we might be able to create some jobs; if we don't, 
nothing will happen.
  Madam Speaker, I am urging the Members of this body, particularly 
those who are now in charge, to begin to deal with jobs.

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