Mark Dayton: “Mr. President, we are referring to the JOBS Act, and to Senator Graham's excellent amendment. I am very proud to be a…”

“Mr. President, we are referring to the JOBS Act, and to Senator Graham's excellent amendment. I am very proud to be a cosponsor and to have this opportunity to speak on behalf of the Graham-Dayton amendment. As Senator Graham pointed out to our colleagues, this bill is called the JOBS Act. In fact, in the House, they call it the American JOBS Act because, as we all know, we are missing a lot of jobs in America today. Over 8 million Americans are out of work. Many have exhausted their unemployment benefits because they cannot find work anywhere. This amendment offered by Senator Graham would make the bill live up to its name. You could call it the 'Put the Jobs Into the JOBS Act' amendment. It also would put the truth into that title. Because the truth now is most of this bill has nothing to do with providing jobs-- at least not American jobs. It provides additional tax cuts to already profitable corporations, whether they provide jobs or not.”