[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 187-188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         BIPARTISAN JOBS BILLS

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, over the past three terms, 
the House has acted to grow our economy, control spending, and limit 
the abusive Federal regulations that are harming small businesses and 
making it harder for American families to make ends meet.
  Despite some progress, a large portion of this agenda was denied 
consideration in the Senate.
  As we begin this new Congress, we face new opportunities and 
challenges, but what is certain, Mr. Speaker, is the American people 
sent a clear message: they have called on Washington to put forward 
solutions and solve the problems that they face.

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  This week, we begin on that path with consideration of several 
legislative measures designed to grow the economy and create jobs, 
including the Hire More Heroes Act, the Save American Workers Act, and 
approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
  These are several of the many jobs bills that have received broad 
bipartisan support; yet for one reason or another, they have been 
denied consideration under the previous Senate majority.
  The American people deserve better, Mr. Speaker, and more gridlock is 
not the option.

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