[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     GETTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. I rise today because I want to get Americans 
back to work.
  When I was a little girl on the farm in Kettle Falls, Washington, my 
parents used to tell me, ``Cathy, life isn't always fair.''
  But, you see, the difference was the things that weren't fair were 
outside of my control. Years later, we have a President who likes to 
talk a lot about fairness, but what he fails to mention is what isn't 
fair.
  It isn't fair that this administration continues to make life harder 
for Americans all across this country--whether it's paying the bills at 
the end of the month, higher health care costs, higher gas prices, or 
an economy that's struggling with the smallest workforce participation 
rate since 1979. It is unfair for Washington to continue down a path 
that isn't working.
  This week, we are voting to clear the way for the Keystone pipeline. 
It will create at least 20,000 new jobs from construction alone. It's 
just one piece of a true all-of-the-above energy plan. Keystone will 
put people back to work immediately while reducing our dependence on 
foreign oil and adding billions of dollars to our economy.
  It is time for the President to stop talking about fairness and to 
actually start supporting it, and he can start by signing the Keystone 
project into law and get Americans to work all across this country.

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