[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17318]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IT'S TIME FOR A JOBS AGENDA

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. There is a lot of talk about the supercommittee and 
debt reduction; but, Madam Speaker, what we need is a supercommittee 
for jobs.
  Here's the deal. If we can create more jobs, we can reduce our 
deficit; but my Republican friends have gone out of their way to talk 
about everything on this House floor except jobs. They refuse to bring 
the President's jobs bill to the floor; they refuse to invest in our 
roads, bridges, and infrastructure; and they're threatening to cut 
medical research, Medicare, and funds for education. All they seem to 
care about is making sure that the top 1 percent of income earners is 
protected from paying its fair share.
  It's time for a new agenda, Madam Speaker. It's time for a jobs 
agenda. It's time for the Republican leadership to focus and to get to 
work.

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