[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         JOBS FOR OUR VETERANS

  (Ms. HOCHUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HOCHUL. Mr. Speaker, as we approach the impending Veterans Day 
next week, I think it's important that we pause for a moment as a 
country and reflect on the contributions that these veterans have done, 
veterans who served us since the early part of last century, all the 
way up to those who are waiting to come home with open arms, just a 
month away, this Christmas.
  But importantly, we have to give them jobs when they come home. And 
Mr. Speaker that's why I support the sections of the President's jobs 
bill that will create small business incentives to hire our veterans, 
and an even greater incentive to hire our wounded veterans. This is so 
important because the last thing I want to see in this country is to 
give thanks to these people on one day and then to find them under a 
bridge because they're homeless and couldn't get a job.
  These people deserve better than that, Mr. Speaker, and I call on my 
Members of Congress, in a bipartisan way, to support incentives to give 
our veterans what they need when they come home--a warm welcome and the 
dignity of a job.

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