[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               CAP TO CAP

  (Mr. BERA of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BERA of California. Mr. Speaker, this week, over 300 individuals, 
community leaders from my hometown of Sacramento, came out here to 
share with us their vision of how we move forward. They came here on 
the 43rd Annual CAP to CAP visit. This is the largest trip of its type.
  Here's what those community leaders asked. They wanted us to 
understand the number one job for us to do is to create jobs, to get 
America working again. They wanted to make sure we invested in the 
innovation economy, and they wanted us to do what we've always done 
historically, rebuild our infrastructure. For us back home that means 
rebuilding our levees, our roads, and our highways.
  They want Washington, D.C., to start getting about the business of 
pushing this country forward. I applaud these community leaders because 
this is exactly what citizen-led democracy looks like.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce for 
their leadership, and I look forward to the 44th Annual CAP to CAP next 
year.

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