[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         LET'S GET THE JOB DONE

  (Mr. DOLD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, the American people are depending on the 
Congress and the President to find a solution to the Nation's 
skyrocketing debt. Now is not the time for partisan rhetoric. Rather, 
now is the time for both sides to come together and work on finding a 
bold bipartisan plan to address the Nation's debt and debt ceiling.
  One thing we can all agree on is default is not an option. We will 
and must pay our obligations. Small business owners who have worked 
their entire lives for sterling credit ratings would receive a 
devastating blow if Washington can't set aside their differences and 
come together on this important debate.
  At a time when unemployment is at 9.2 percent, default is not an 
answer. We need to encourage the job creators of our country to invest 
and to hire, not paralyze them with even more economic uncertainty.
  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work on a bold 
plan. There's no reason that we cannot come together and work to cut 
spending and put our Nation back on the path to fiscal sanity. 
Americans across our country are depending on us to get the job done.

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