[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FULL EMPLOYMENT

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Madam Speaker, the bottom line is we need bold visions 
to achieve full employment.
  We know only too well that we have had unprecedented periods of high 
unemployment. We know that we have about 50 million people, 13 million 
who are children, living below poverty in the greatest country in the 
world. We know we must expand economic opportunity to have a strong 
middle class, who are the backbone of this great country. We know that 
getting every American working will add to not only our tax base, but 
also reduce the deficit and debt and eliminate poverty.
  So the question is, Madam Speaker, why aren't we doing it? Where are 
the visionaries? Where is the President's American Jobs Act of 2013 or 
the 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act? Where are they?
  Madam Speaker, let's bring them to the floor.

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