[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NEED TO WORK ON CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to roll up its sleeves 
and begin to work together. Democrats and Republicans must come 
together to create new jobs for the American people, strengthen our 
recovery, and reduce the debt.
  Yet instead of finding some common ground solution, Republicans have 
put forward an agenda that only serves to divide the American people. 
Yes, we must lower the deficit and national debt, but it is wrong to 
balance the budget on the backs of honorable Americans with dangerous 
cuts that may lead to double-digit unemployment.
  In my district in California in the Inland Empire, our unemployment 
rate is nearly 14 percent. My constituents can't afford to have 
Congress play politics with the budget and the national debt. They need 
jobs. They need to make sure that they are putting food on the table 
and paying their mortgage, not another government shutdown.
  I urge all of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, to focus on 
the big picture and get to work on creating jobs. Let's build our 
future.

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