[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           AMERICAN JOBS ACT

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, across the country, 14 million Americans, I 
state, 14 million Americans are looking for work. And yet there are no 
jobs that have been created, and the Republicans still don't have a 
jobs plan.
  In my congressional district in San Bernardino County, the 
unemployment rate is 17 percent. People throughout our country are 
hurting. They're hurting. They can't wait any longer for Congress to do 
the job. We must bring the American Jobs Act for a vote. It will 
provide an opportunity to put people to work.
  It contains bipartisan ideas. It puts our teachers, firefighters, 
first responders, and cops back to work. It provide tax cuts that will 
help small businesses create new jobs. It puts our veterans and 
returning troops back to work with a tax credit and provides an 
immediate boost to our economy.
  Republicans have supported all of these ideas in the past. It's time 
they support them again. We must work together and pass the American 
Jobs Act.

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