[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     JOBS BILLS STUCK IN THE SENATE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, 5 million Americans have given up on their 
search for a job. For 59 months straight, invisible unemployment has 
remained above 10 percent. The number of long-term unemployed Americans 
is double the prerecession figure.
  Mr. Speaker, among the 294 bills the Democrat-controlled Senate has 
failed to act on are over 40 House-passed bipartisan pro-jobs bills 
that would help put Americans back to work. We have passed legislation 
to help the long-term unemployed get training for new jobs, a measure 
to restore hourly wages cut by the 30-hour workweek mandate, and 
regulatory reform bills to cut the red tape holding back key energy and 
construction projects that will help create jobs and boost our economy. 
These measures are commonsense solutions that our country needs right 
now, policies that reward hard work and provide opportunities for 
Americans to be self-sufficient.
  Where are the jobs? Where are the jobs bills? We hear that over here 
on the other side of the aisle. You can find them over in Harry Reid's 
dusty desk drawer waiting for action in the Senate. However, the Senate 
has refused to vote on them, has refused to take action to help our 
economy, and has refused to consider any approach but bigger 
government.
  It is time for the Senate to get to work and take action on the jobs 
bills Americans need.

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