[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3067-3068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND JOB LOSS

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, Republicans have been in charge for 8 weeks, 
and this Chamber has taken 154 votes, yet we still see no signs of job 
creation or a jobs plan.

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  With 14 million Americans still looking for work, I ask my colleagues 
on the other side, Where are the jobs? Where is the plan? In this House 
we have talked about repealing health care reform and instructing 
committees, but nothing about a jobs plan.
  And, now, as we approach the deadline for government funding and the 
looming threat of a crippling government shutdown, House Republicans 
are focusing on irresponsible budget plans than actually threaten job 
creation. In fact, the Republicans' proposed long-term CR not only 
fails to create jobs or spur the economy, it would actually cause more 
job losses and depress economic growth.
  Economists have discovered that their plan would destroy around 
700,000 jobs through 2012. Mr. Speaker, as the impending funding 
deadline approaches, my Republican colleagues should negotiate in good 
faith and fund the government in ways to support job creation and 
economic growth, not cause greater job loss or economic damage.

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