[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2955-2956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              THE JOBS ACT

  (Ms. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, I received a letter from a young 
constituent who is a vigorous Boy Scout and a great citizen, Matthew 
Barbuti from Yorktown Heights, New York. He's only in sixth grade, but 
he's very

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concerned about our economy. And he wrote to me, ``If the economy 
doesn't turn around, our country will no longer be a world leader, and 
the American people will suffer.''
  Matthew, you are exactly right. We do have a tremendous job ahead of 
us, and we are working here, all of us together, for you and for all 
the kids in this country who need a future, the kind of dreams that we 
have been privileged to dream.
  So this week, we're bringing to the House floor the JOBS Act, part of 
a whole package of jobs bills that we've been sending to our colleagues 
in the Senate, and we certainly hope that, with Democratic and 
Republican support, and with the President's support of this bill as 
well, we'll be able to activate that economy to create the kind of jobs 
and opportunities that all of us need throughout this country, no 
matter where we come from.
  Thank you, Matthew, for your common sense.

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