[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              CREATE JOBS

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, 56 percent of Americans think that creating 
new jobs should be Congress' number 1 priority, but since taking 
control of the House, the Republicans have yet to pass one single jobs 
bill.
  Republicans have been more interested in obstructing than finding 
solutions. They said ``no'' to the American Jobs Act. Then they 
introduced a transportation bill that would cut 550,000 jobs. Now with 
gas prices on the rise, they refuse to roll up their sleeves and get to 
work.
  We should be voting today on legislation to cut billions in tax 
breaks for big oil companies, crack down on speculators who are 
inflating prices at the pump, and invest in new sources such as solar 
energy and new energy. But instead, we have more of the same partisan 
gridlock from the Party of No.
  Our constituents deserve more. America deserves more. Let's get to 
work now. Lower the gas prices and create jobs.

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