[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 301]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRESS SHOULD GET THINGS DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, my constituents in Rhode Island have been 
hit hard by this recession. Last night, President Obama offered 
Congress a plan to rebuild our economy with proposals focused on 
manufacturing, innovation, investments in infrastructure and workforce 
training, proposals that I and many of my colleagues have been working 
hard to advance.
  I urge my friends on the other side of the aisle to move forward on 
the Offshore Prevention Act that would end tax breaks for companies 
that ship American jobs overseas. We should work together to strengthen 
American manufacturing by passing legislation such as my Make it in 
America Block Grant and the rest of the Make it in America agenda. I 
look forward to fighting hard for commonsense proposals like these that 
will benefit hardworking families in my State.
  Rhode Islanders want Congress to move beyond ideological differences 
to get things done for our country. After so much unproductive 
partisanship this past year, let's send the President bills like these 
that will advance not just the interests of Democrats or Republicans, 
but of every American family.

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