[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4684]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CUTS TO JOBS AND SERVICES

  (Ms. FUDGE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FUDGE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to talk about the loss of jobs 
and services in America.
  So far, this Republican-controlled Congress has had nearly 100 
hearings, but not a single one has addressed the real issue in this 
country, which is jobs. Republican attempts to cut more than 50 
percent--50 percent--of funding for Head Start, which will affect more 
than 200,000 children, and their proposal to cut 62 percent from 
Community Development Block Grants have hurt our communities. They are 
depriving hardworking Americans of services they need.
  According to the latest Bloomberg national poll, when given five 
choices of the most important issues facing this Nation, 43 percent of 
all Americans picked unemployment and jobs as number one. Reducing the 
deficit and spending came in a distant second at 29 percent.
  Madam Speaker, the American people want leadership that will create 
jobs and jump-start our Nation's economy.

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