[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11978-11979]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  JOBS AND THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM

  (Mr. SESSIONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, today is a very important day in the life 
of America as we recognize that Republicans are back in Washington to 
try and grow our economy and bring jobs back to the free enterprise 
system.
  Mr. Speaker, for 12 years Republicans worked hard on doubling the 
size of GDP, and we did that from a GDP of $6.5 trillion to over $14 
trillion. Over the last 5\1/2\ years, we have seen our President embark 
on an agenda that will reduce not just GDP, but jobs and job growth in 
America. We now stand at a GDP of just over 1 percent.
  Mr. Speaker, this means that jobs, as we saw this last month when we 
saw the jobs report that came out, of some 700,000 jobs that have been 
created in America this year, of that number,

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about 600,000 are part-time jobs. America cannot make ends meet as 
workers, as families, as communities if we have a President who stands 
in the way of the free enterprise system and job growth.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge House Republicans to continue their work on 
behalf of the American people for American jobs and to grow our 
economy.

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