[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 857-858]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PAYCHECK PROGRESS

  (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, as the President noted in 
his State of the Union address last evening, we should be proud of the 
progress we have made since the Great Recession. But there is too much 
to do still on growth, especially on the issue of paycheck progress.
  For most Americans, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, here is 
our reality: costs all around us are going up, and wages are staying 
flat. That is a right angle that is taking American families in the 
wrong direction.
  For paycheck progress we must invest in infrastructure, reform our 
Tax Code so that it is fairer for all Americans, and, finally, ensure 
equal pay for equal work.
  Mr. Speaker, instead of addressing these issues, many House 
Republicans are calling for giveaways to special interests, rolling 
back critical women's health protections, and holding Homeland Security 
funding hostage to win political points. Let's be real. In the nineties 
it was: It is the economy, stupid. You ask any American family today: 
It is my paycheck, stupid.
  If we focus on one thing this Congress, let's make sure that it is 
the paycheck of working-class Americans. The American people deserve 
better than what is being served up. Let's work together on paycheck 
progress, not partisanship.

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