[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14167]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, we each talk in this Chamber about jobs. 
The good news is legislation that will create jobs has already been 
introduced. Now we have to pass it.
  The American Jobs Act includes $50 billion to repair our aging 
infrastructure. It would create 3,100 jobs in western New York, alone, 
rebuilding our roads and bridges, which will encourage private 
development and even further job creation. Economists have concluded 
that this bill will create 2 million jobs and keep the U.S. from 
sliding back into recession.
  Also, Madam Speaker, according to the Alliance for American 
Manufacturing, 2.8 million jobs have been lost over the last decade as 
a result of our trade deficit with China, including 22,000 jobs in 
western New York, alone. American workers can compete with anyone so 
long as there is a level playing field, but China is fixing the game 
through currency manipulation. The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act 
would put a stop to that.
  The time is long past due for this Congress to pass legislation that 
will create jobs. I urge the House to take up the American Jobs Act and 
the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act immediately.

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