[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 927]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               JOBS BILL

  (Mr. DENHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon to talk about a jobs 
bill that just passed out of the Rules Committee and will be on the 
House floor next week. H.R. 1734 is a bill that will address all of our 
civilian properties across the Nation, things we don't need, 
identifying property that can be redeveloped.
  Let me just give you one example of something that is happening right 
here in the District of Columbia. The Old Post Office, which will be 
redeveloped, keeping it in its historic fashion, will create 150 jobs 
just in the construction phase of redevelopment and another 150 ongoing 
jobs.
  If you want to be able to get the Republicans and Democrats to come 
together on a jobs bill, here is a fantastic opportunity, one that will 
bring in billions of dollars of new revenue from the sale of 
properties, will cut waste and get rid of a lot of the expense that we 
have in ongoing properties every year and, ultimately, get Americans 
back to work. It is truly a bipartisan proposal, something I'm looking 
forward to seeing on the floor next week.

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