[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15243]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WORKING TOGETHER FOR JOB CREATION

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to job creation, the American 
people are not waiting for the right speech but, rather, the right 
leadership.
  While the Obama administration claims to seek common ground on which 
to help employers hire workers, House Republicans have already produced 
and passed more than a dozen job-creating bills through the House this 
year. We're going to do that here later today with the three trade 
bills that will create 250,000 jobs.
  Unfortunately, these measures have long been ignored by the Senate 
and the White House. Where was the leadership? If President Obama is 
serious about helping create jobs, then he must listen to what job 
creators are actually saying. More than anything else, they need long-
term confidence that Washington will stop punishing them with reckless 
red tape and threatening them with new taxes.
  House Republicans are ready to work with the President, but not if it 
means supporting policies that only work against job creators and job-
seekers.

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