[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5992-5993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 WORKING TO GET AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. POMPEO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POMPEO. Madam Speaker, Kansans and Americans across the country 
are exhausted by a job market that is failing them. The most recent 
report in March showed absolutely no improvement in employment. In 
fact, for women, we saw an increase in unemployment.
  Madam Speaker, the President's latest attempt to redefine the 
workweek from 40 hours to 29 has already proved detrimental to millions 
of Americans.

[[Page 5993]]

There are 7.2 million Americans working part-time for economic reasons. 
This will leave them with less money to take care of their families.
  The President's policies have hit Kansans hard--things like 
identifying the lesser prairie-chicken as an endangered species or 
redefining navigable waterways such that puddles will come under EPA's 
control. These policies have hit pocketbooks, paychecks, and families.
  House Republicans have advanced hundreds of solutions that will help 
get America back to work.
  Madam Speaker, we are 5 years into this administration, and it is no 
longer anything but a joke to blame President Bush for these challenges 
in our economic workplace. We need the Senate and the President to join 
us in providing solutions so we can create freedom so Americans can get 
back to work.

                          ____________________