[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3952]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today I rise with my colleagues 
to talk again about jobs.
  In order to reduce the deficit, everyone in the Nation must work. But 
how can you work when you do not have a job? My constituents want to 
work. They are still hurting. Maybe we can't feel the hurt because we 
have jobs. I am still waiting to hear the Republican plan for jobs.
  When are we going to help the people become whole again? They are 
losing their homes. Whole families are homeless and are not knowing 
what to do next. Their unemployment benefits have expired, and still 
they can't find work. Right now, over 50 percent of homeowners in the 
Miami housing market either owe more on their mortgages than their 
homes are worth or they're within 5 percent of that mark.
  Instead of figuring out ways to help, tomorrow Congress will be 
voting on whether or not to end programs that offer hope to distressed 
homeowners. We talk about a deficit that took 8 years to create during 
the Bush administration. It will take us more than 2 years to peel away 
the layers of 8 years of bad judgment, generous tax exemptions to the 
rich, two wars, and a failed economy.
  How can we cut so deeply, so fast, causing so many people to lose 
their jobs? If people can't work, they can't save their homes.
  Stay on task: jobs, jobs, jobs.

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