[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9459-9460]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED JOBS

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, unemployment is over 9 percent. Americans 
are struggling. They need relief. They need certainty. They need jobs.
  House Republicans have passed legislation aimed at removing barriers 
to job creation, including bills to rein in wasteful spending, end 
unnecessary regulation, decrease uncertainty, and ensure the survival 
of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
  One of the many pieces of legislation passed to spur job growth was 
our budget. My colleagues across the aisle can critique our plans, but 
it is unacceptable to demagogue it without having a plan of their own.
  Law requires that Congress pass a budget; yet Democrats shirked that 
responsibility last year when they held the majority, and they have yet 
to propose an alternative this year. We have

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heard a few speeches but no honest plan that can be read, scored, 
compared, and negotiated.
  The American people need jobs. Rather than engaging in demagoguery, I 
ask my colleagues to bring a plan to the negotiating table. Let's do 
our job so more Americans have one.

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