[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2899]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           BRINGING JOBS BACK

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I recently surveyed my constituents and 
asked them what they thought I should spend my time on in 2011. No 
surprise, they said jobs; create jobs.
  Fifteen million Americans without work today, and what does the 
Republican continuing resolution do? It is going to add another 700,000 
jobs lost in America, by Mark Zandi, the fine economist who was the 
adviser to John McCain when he was running for President, 700,000 jobs.
  So why would they do this? You've got to scratch your head. The 
reason why they want to do this is because they only win if the economy 
is down, if there are more jobs lost. So their whole approach is not to 
be Americans but to be Republicans.
  I say: Republicans, join us in being Americans first. Let's create a 
job-seeking engine. Let's create jobs in this country, not take them 
away.

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