[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS GET AHEAD

  (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, I am Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi 
from the Eighth District of Illinois. I have the honor to represent the 
hardworking families of Chicago's west and northwest suburbs. My 
constituents, like so many other Americans, are finding it harder and 
harder to get ahead.
  Creating good-paying jobs is my number one job, and growing and 
strengthening the middle class is my primary mission. I believe working 
and middle class families must be able to earn a living wage, have 
quality health care, and educate their children well.
  These challenges are not insurmountable, but we must address them 
immediately. We need to make sure that working and middle class 
families can achieve economic security. I believe that, if you work 
hard and play by the rules, you and your children can and should 
succeed in America. I look forward to working with all of my colleagues 
in this Chamber to make that a reality.

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