[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, we are in a time of national economic crisis. 
There are 14 million Americans without a job. There are another 12 
million who wish they could work but have given up looking altogether.
  That's why last week President Obama presented Congress with an 
urgent proposal to create jobs and fix the economy. Republican 
economist Mark Zandi declared the President's plan would keep the U.S. 
from sliding back into the recession, add two points to the GDP, and 
add 1.9 million jobs. This plan is based on bipartisan proposals, and 
it won't add a dime to the deficit.
  After 9 months of taking over the House, Republicans have not 
presented a single jobs bill. It's well past time for them to put 
politics aside and come together with Democrats to put the country back 
to work. With so many people suffering, we must act and we must act 
now.

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