[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5055]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE AMERICAN JOBS MATTER ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Illinois (Mrs. Bustos) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. BUSTOS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to talk about our most 
pressing issue facing my district and our country, and that is boosting 
American manufacturing and creating jobs here at home.
  Just this week, I introduced a bill called the American Jobs Matter 
Act. This commonsense bill would enable the Federal Government to find 
out how contracted work would impact American jobs. Contractors would 
be able to include how their offers would create American jobs.
  My bill would raise the importance of creating jobs at home in our 
country and building our manufacturing industry here as Federal 
contractors are considered for their jobs. It would also help ensure 
that taxpayer money is being used to create jobs in places like 
Rockford, Moline, Galesburg, and Peoria, and in cities and towns across 
my district, across my State, and across our country--not overseas.
  I'm proud to say that this bill has been incorporated into 
Congressman Hoyer's Make It In America plan, which seeks to promote 
American workers, jobs, innovation, and infrastructure.
  Madam Speaker, we need to do more to create jobs and support American 
manufacturing. My bill does just that.

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