[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   LET'S GET TO WORK ON CREATING JOBS AND STRENGTHENING MIDDLE CLASS

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, if Congress does not act soon, 160 million 
Americans will see a tax increase at the end of the month. Working 
families in my district rely on the payroll tax cut to make their 
mortgage payments or put food on the table. We need to get to work 
right now on extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance 
for a full year.
  Fourteen million Americans are without jobs. Families need our help; 
they are hurting. But instead of working together to create jobs, 
Republicans continue to push a partisan agenda that further divides us.
  This week, we have yet another bill to repeal the health care reform. 
Let's stop these misguided bills. Let's get to work on the agenda that 
creates jobs and strengthens the middle class. We must work together.

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