[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT JOBS

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, the American people 
have said loud and clear that what they want the most from Congress is 
jobs. And what is Congress giving them? Jabs--threats to bring the 
government to a halt; threats to let the United States Treasury 
default; threats to slash the funding for mass transit that brings 
people to their jobs. And the tentacles of sequestration will strangle 
growth even more. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 
sequestration will cost us 900,000 fewer jobs next year.
  It's time to stop playing politics with our economy and do the 
people's work. We need to provide a strong workforce, a strong 
infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors. We need to provide a living 
wage to grow the middle class and strengthen America's standing as a 
leader in education and pioneering research.
  But still, our friends on the other side of the aisle are marching to 
the tune of their own drum when what they should be listening to is the 
cry of the American people for more jobs.

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