[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            JOBS, JOBS, JOBS

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, it's now been 2 years since 
President Obama stood before a Joint Session of Congress to present a 
comprehensive and cost-effective plan to address our national jobs 
crisis.
  With all eyes now on Syria, the CR, and the debt limit, we cannot 
forget that the emergency for tens of millions of Americans is still 
painful and pervasive joblessness. It's now been 2 years, and the 
President's bill, the American Jobs Act, has still not even received a 
vote in this House.
  Madam Speaker, it's time to commit to a serious jobs agenda that 
stops sequester layoffs and provides real options for the long-term 
unemployed people in our Nation. It's time to bring the American Jobs 
Act of 2013 to the floor. Madam Speaker, the mantra of this Congress 
should be: jobs, jobs, jobs.

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