[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS

  (Ms. CLARKE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to 
the majority's aggressive war on the middle class and those who aspire 
to be in the middle class. Today we're debating two bills that, if 
passed, will leave Americans with no Federal support to save their 
homes, and the worsening of the foreclosure crisis. Which, in effect, 
is a ``body blow'' that will leave millions of Americans who are 
struggling to find jobs even more vulnerable to losing their homes.
  We are now in the 11th week of the 112th Congress, and the majority 
has yet to bring a single jobs bill to the floor for a vote. Instead, 
the majority has proposed a long-term continuing resolution that would 
eliminate 700,000 jobs while at the same time protecting tax cuts for 
multimillionaires and billionaires, the so-called job creators. The 
question remains, what exactly is the majority proposing to incentivize 
and encourage job creation? Where are the jobs? Mr. Speaker, the 
American people are waiting for the majority to stop the recalcitrant 
assault on the middle class and those who are aspiring to be in the 
middle class and work in a bipartisan way to do what we all were 
elected to do, which is to work for them, not against them.

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