[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend our President for taking a 
mature and comprehensive approach to the problems we face.
  When people have a need to lose weight, they both reduce their 
caloric content and they increase their exercise. It's the same thing 
with the deficit we have. You have to have cuts or reforms, but you 
also have to have more revenue.
  The President's proposal yesterday about finally getting around to 
taxing the millionaires and the billionaires and having them contribute 
to the need to reduce our deficit is so important, while at the same 
time reforming Medicare, not eliminating Medicare. That's what is 
scary: eliminating Medicare for seniors, threatening Social Security, 
and not providing an innovative program to create jobs. Jobs is the 
issue. We need to create jobs in this country, and we haven't seen it 
coming forth.
  I praise the President for his mature approach to the situation, and 
I encourage others to fall in line.

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