[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, in the over 200 days since the majority has 
controlled this House, they have yet to bring a bill to the floor that 
would create jobs or help working families, not one. Not one bill to 
create jobs and build a stronger economy for the future. Not one bill 
to invest in education, innovation, or infrastructure. Instead, we have 
a partisan agenda to unfairly burden the middle class with deep cuts 
while preserving tax cuts for the wealthy and loopholes for Big Oil and 
corporations that ship jobs overseas. And to make things worse, the 
majority is threatening to force an unprecedented default on our 
Nation's debt.
  A default would destroy close to 700,000 jobs, spike interest rates 
on credit cards and mortgages, and cause untold damage to our 
struggling economy. This is not what the markets are looking for, and 
it's certainly not what the American people want. They want us to help 
create jobs and reduce the deficit. They want us to compromise on a 
fair and balanced approach that doesn't just kick the can down the 
road. The American people are asking us today to put aside our 
differences for the good of this country. I support this responsible 
approach and urge my colleagues to do the same.

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