[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7193-7194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   MAKE IT IN AMERICA AND CREATE JOBS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Wilson) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today I rise for one reason: to 
talk about creating jobs, jobs, jobs.
  I have been a Member of Congress for 18 weeks, and I still have not 
seen any plan that would create jobs. My constituents are hurting. They 
need help, and I don't see any coming. They are losing their homes. 
They need jobs.
  I did not come to Congress to ``drill, baby, drill.'' I did not come 
to Congress to hand out corporate tax breaks. And I did not come to 
Congress to end Medicare as we know it. I came to create jobs.
  Graduations are happening all across the Nation, and I can't help but 
wonder, what sort of world will our graduates be entering? What will 
happen to the class of 2011?
  Under the Republican budget plan, graduates are entering a world with 
job losses and stifled economic growth. Under the Republican 
legislative agenda, graduates are entering a world in which Big Oil is 
given a free pass, a free pass to ``drill, baby, drill'' with limited 
safety regulations and a free pass to drill with limited environmental 
safeguards.
  Under the Republican-controlled House, new graduates are entering 
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a world in which their elected officials waste time and energy trying 
to repeal meaningful health care reform. Health care reform is creating 
jobs for the class of 2011. Thousands of students will be trained in 
the health care field. Don't repeal their jobs in health care. Leave 
ObamaCare alone. Leave their jobs alone.
  A new graduate doesn't care about personal crusades lawmakers wage 
against women's rights and abortion. They care about jobs. They care 
about our Nation's future. They care about their future. Instead of 
political games, the time has come to focus on jobs. The time has come 
to focus on our Nation's future.
  As States all across the Nation are facing severe fiscal problems, 
let's stop focusing on ways to end Medicare as we know it and ways to 
destroy the social support network that has taken generations to build 
in our country. Our seniors need Medicare. It is the safety net and 
infrastructure all seniors need as they grow older. Seniors are living 
longer. They get their prescription drugs, they can play with their 
grandchildren, and they are thriving under Medicare. Leave Medicare 
alone.
  I propose that from now until August, each of us here in this Chamber 
come to Washington remembering the mandate from our constituents: focus 
on jobs, jobs, jobs. I don't care what kind of tea you party with. I 
don't care who your Presidential candidate is. I don't care how much 
press you garner. Join me in focusing on jobs, jobs, jobs.
  Let's rebuild our manufacturing base, let's keep our beaches clean, 
and let's make it in America. Make it in America, baby, and create 
jobs, jobs, jobs.

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