[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13258-13259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     GETTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, having spent the last several weeks in 
Rhode Island with families, small business owners, manufacturers and 
builders, people in my district are hurting,

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facing real struggles every single day. The jobs crisis is causing real 
anxiety and real havoc in their daily lives.
  Last night, the President laid out a serious plan to get Rhode 
Islanders and Americans back to work. The President put forth a jobs 
plan that reflects many of the priorities I have been working on and 
have heard during my community suppers, small business tours, and 
visits with manufacturers. We heard strategies to rebuild American 
manufacturing and to make it in America again, creating jobs by 
enacting small business tax cuts, supporting workers by expanding 
middle class tax cuts, and rebuilding our Nation's roads, bridges, and 
schools. And providing greater support and job opportunities for 
returning veterans, the long-term unemployed, and our young people.
  The time for taking action to create jobs is now. Americans have 
endured the crushing consequences of this economic recession for far 
too long, and there is no time to waste.

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