[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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 WILL THE SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT ACT TO GET AMERICANS WORKING AGAIN?

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, the American people are still struggling 
with a shaky economy. During the August district work period, the 
number one question I heard from my constituents was: Where are the 
jobs?
  Last week we saw the unemployment rate in August drop to 7.3 percent, 
but for all the wrong reasons. People didn't find jobs; they stopped 
looking for them altogether. Between July and August, that amounted to 
more than 300,000 people.
  A smaller percentage of Americans is working or looking for work than 
at any time in the past 35 years. It is so discouraging to be told the 
recession is over, but then you look and you look but you can't find a 
job.
  Employers around my district tell me the best stimulus for hiring is 
to reduce government regulations, cut taxes, simplify the Tax Code, and 
push for smaller government. Yet, what do they see ahead? More 
uncertainty as States race to meet the October 1 deadline to set up 
expensive and confusing ObamaCare exchanges. No wonder businesses 
aren't hiring; the ``Unaffordable Care Act'' doesn't give them the 
confidence that they need to be able to afford hiring new employees.
  Let's restore their confidence to hire and train new workers. The 
House has passed numerous jobs bills to reduce regulations on 
businesses. Let's have the Senate act.

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