[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GETTING BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, Congress is back in Washington, and it is 
time to get to work on the priorities of the American people, but I 
rise today with serious concerns about the Republican agenda, which has 
failed to tackle important issues that would grow the economy and 
strengthen the middle class, such as raising the minimum wage, making 
education more affordable, and guaranteeing women equal pay for equal 
work.
  Instead of ignoring the challenges facing hardworking Americans, we 
should be investing in their future and, in so doing, in the future of 
our great country.
  We have a plan that will get the middle class back to work called the 
Middle Class Jumpstart. This legislative action plan will raise the 
minimum wage, guarantee women equal pay for equal work, make education 
more affordable, and invest in rebuilding our country and 
reinvigorating American manufacturing.
  In order to move our country forward and build ladders of 
opportunity, we have to invest in our greatest asset, hardworking 
middle class families, and we have to take action now.

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