[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DETROIT JOBS TRUST FUND

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I am very concerned about 
reports that the city of Detroit may be running out of money as early 
as April of next year.
  One of the problems Detroit is facing is that too many of our tax 
dollars are going to pay off debt owed by the city and owed by the 
schools at the very time we need to put more police officers, more 
firefighters, and more emergency medical providers on the street; at a 
time when we need to hire more school teachers and open more schools 
that will truly educate and graduate our young people.
  That's why I'm urging this Congress, this House specifically, to 
adopt the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund. And I want to thank you personally, 
Madam Speaker, for the leadership and vision in supporting this 
legislation which would allow Federal tax dollars paid by Detroiters to 
be invested in Detroit, invested to cut taxes to make our streets safer 
and our schools stronger. This will not only help put Detroiters back 
to work; it will help our country because when you rebuild Detroit, you 
renew America.

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