[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4935-4936]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today about the urgent need to create 
jobs and grow our economy, an issue that should be our number one focus 
right now. We are nearly a month and a half into the sequester, which 
has imposed painful cuts to defense, transportation, and education, and 
it's hurting our economy.
  I'm disappointed the House Republican leadership chose the path of 
the sequester rather than working with House Democrats to stop these 
needless, across-the-board cuts. I'm also disappointed that House 
Republicans have chosen the politics of brinksmanship and government 
shutdowns rather than negotiate a compromise with Democrats.
  We must stop politicizing every function of government from the debt 
ceiling to the budget. Creating jobs and strengthening our economy 
starts with the private sector and government working together to 
ensure confidence and investment across the country.
  I encourage all of my colleagues to come together and focus on jobs. 
Let's work on legislation that helps our constituents obtain jobs and 
grows our economy.

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