[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13484-13485]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICA NEEDS REAL SOLUTIONS FOR JOBS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics released the latest jobs report. For 43 months, our 
Nation's unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent. Last month, 
only 96,000 more people found jobs and, sadly, 368,000 people were 
discouraged and defeated and gave up searching for jobs. To make 
matters worse, for persons with jobs, the average hourly wages 
decreased and labor force participation is the lowest in 31 years.
  The President's policies have failed to create jobs, failed to 
encourage economic growth, and failed to reassure hardworking Americans 
that we can restore hope for American families. The American people 
deserve better. They deserve leadership in Washington that will fight 
to create jobs. It is past time for the liberal-controlled Senate to 
act on the dozens of bipartisan bills the House has passed and approved 
promoting jobs for American families.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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