[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9590-9591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SECURING OUR FUTURE IV

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, our country remains in a state of economic 
stagnation. Nearly 12 million of our fellow Americans are out of work, 
and 4.4 million people have been out of work for 6 months or more. We 
deserve better. America deserves better. We deserve more than the 
political posturing with which Washington Democrats continue to respond 
to the problems facing our Nation.
  House Republicans offer real solutions. We have passed a long-term 
student loan fix to keep rates from doubling this summer, a plan that 
is similar to the President's plan, but yet the Democrats and the 
Senate cannot even get that bill passed.
  It's time to get past politics here. We need to create jobs, we must 
grow our

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economy and secure the future for all Americans. That's what 
hardworking taxpayers deserve, and that's what House Republicans offer.

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