[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    UNEMPLOYMENT IS OUR TRUE DEFICIT

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it has now been 830 days since I 
arrived in Congress, and the Republican leadership has still not 
allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our 
unemployment crisis. I have news for my colleagues: unemployment is our 
true deficit.
  By getting Americans trained and back to work, we can increase our 
tax base and stop our borrowing. By reducing unemployment, we can stop 
our national epidemic of foreclosures. Regardless of the assistance you 
receive, you cannot keep your home if you do not have a job. My State 
is the Nation's foreclosure State, and my hometown, Miami, is the 
foreclosure capital.
  Mr. Speaker, unemployment is destroying families and depressing 
property values. It is devastating our people and dragging down our 
recovery. Our mantra in this Congress should be: Jobs, jobs, jobs.

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