[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4685]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            GROW THE ECONOMY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I ask the American people to 
wake up from the malaise of this debate about the deficit and raising 
the debt ceiling. You have lost your way. Let me just ask you to raise 
your voices against the issue of a broken government and the potential 
of a shutdown on the question of, what do you want for your children.
  As we go back to our districts and our school districts and our 
States, parents are standing in lines at school board meetings crying 
about 60-seat classrooms and teachers being laid off. Don't you 
understand that it starts right here in Washington? You need to be 
speaking to our friends on the other side of the aisle. It is time to 
invest and grow the economy. It is time to recognize that consumer 
spending has increased, that jobs have been created, and that it is 
important to invest in this economy.
  If you don't get in the way and get in the mix, I can tell you that 
the rise that we have of 192,000 jobs being created, the unemployment 
going down, economists saying we should invest now, you are going to 
lose it, tied up with those who have views that are only self-centered, 
our friends that are in the tea party. It is time for people to put 
education first and realize that if you let us fall on the spear here 
in Washington on the grounds of mislabeled politics and not worry about 
your children, you are going to lose.
  Wake up, America. It is time to get in the fight. Fight for your 
children. Invest and grow the economy now.

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