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Jobs

Volume
Volume 157 , Number 135
Pages
Pages H6105
Legislative Body
House
Date
Tue, Sept. 13, 2011

(Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Rep. Judy Chu

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Party
D
State
CA

Mr. Speaker, we are in a time of national economic crisis. There are 14 million Americans without a job. There are another 12 million who wish they could work but have given up looking altogether.

That's why last week President Obama presented Congress with an urgent proposal to create jobs and fix the economy. Republican economist Mark Zandi declared the President's plan would keep the U.S. from sliding back into the recession, add two points to the GDP, and add 1.9 million jobs. This plan is based on bipartisan proposals, and it won't add a dime to the deficit.

After 9 months of taking over the House, Republicans have not presented a single jobs bill. It's well past time for them to put politics aside and come together with Democrats to put the country back to work. With so many people suffering, we must act and we must act now.