[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AVOIDING THE FISCAL CLIFF

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. This morning, The New York Times featured an article about 
California's resurging economy, which was one of the States hit hardest 
by the recession. After years of struggle, our housing market is 
bouncing back, and our unemployment rate is the lowest it has been 
since 2009. Yet this fiscal cliff threatens to drive my State and the 
rest of the Nation back into the recession we have been climbing out 
of. The inability for us to compromise would mean that millions more 
would be unemployed, that there would be higher taxes on the already 
struggling families, and that there would be cuts to the programs that 
so many livelihoods depend on.
  We are putting the progress that our economy has made at risk. Now is 
not the time for politics as usual. This holiday season, our 
constituents deserve better, and I am calling on Democrats and on my 
friends across the aisle to come together to do what needs to be done 
to keep our country on track.
  Let's put our politics aside. Let's find a way to come together. We 
know we have differences. Let's work on our common ground so that we 
can move forward for the American people, whom we love and serve.

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