[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       LET'S HELP REBUILD AMERICA

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. It's very clear in these economic times that 
Americans need jobs and, more accurately, we need the investment that 
will create jobs. We've got the money to do it. In light of the fact 
that bin Laden is no longer a threat to Americans, we don't need to 
spend over $100 billion a year in Afghanistan.
  So, again, let's take a share of the money that's gone to rebuild 
Afghanistan, have it sent back to the U.S. taxpayers right here in the 
United States to create jobs right here in the U.S. Let's help rebuild 
American cities like the city of Detroit. When you do that, you rebuild 
U.S. manufacturing capacity. That will create jobs for thousands and 
even millions of Americans right here at home. The best way to make it 
in America: redirect our tax dollars away from Afghanistan in part to 
create jobs right here for American people.

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