[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ACT NOW TO PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, 10 months ago this week, Republicans took 
control of the House of Representatives. Since then, we have not seen 
one comprehensive jobs bill to help put Americans back to work. Our 
GOP-led House must show urgency, where now they show indifference, in 
helping the millions of workers who have lost their jobs through no 
fault of their own.
  The American Jobs Act will help create those jobs by investing in 
infrastructure and incentivizing businesses to hire new workers.
  I have also proposed a plan to help put people back to work; and many 
others in this Chamber, both Republican and Democrat, have other great 
ideas to support job creation. But the majority has thus far refused to 
allow any such measures to come to the floor for consideration. They 
are commonsense and traditionally bipartisan steps that we should take 
today.
  People need jobs, they need them now, and Congress must not delay any 
further.

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