[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          RESUMES FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. JACKSON of Illinois asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the book of Matthew says, ``For 
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.'' That is a 
prescription for judging the priorities of politicians. We've seen the 
President's heart in his budget proposal. We've seen it in the 
continuing resolution that my Republican colleagues have offered.
  At a time when they're needed the most, vital safety-net programs are 
on the chopping block: funding to help low-income Americans with their 
heating bills, grants to States and cities for community development, 
Pell grants, and much, much more.
  In the midst of the worst economy most of us have ever seen, we are 
cutting the legs of the unemployed, the underemployed, and the 
economically insecure right out from under them.
  It is clear to me that the President's tax deal with Republicans did 
not consider the depths of the Nation's historic unemployment problem.
  So I'm reissuing my call for unemployed Americans to send their 
resumes and stories to resumesforA[email protected]. We must 
organize ourselves. The unemployed party is larger than the tea party.
  No jobs are promised, but I will put your story in the Congressional 
Record so that our government that is supposed to be of, for, and by 
the people can begin to live up to the true meaning of its creed.
  ResumesforA[email protected].

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