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As the recent job report shows, our economy is steadily improving with 12 straight months of private sector job growth. Now, I state, now is the time for us to build on this progress and work together in a bipartisan effort to create jobs…
Creating jobs and strengthening the economy must be the number one priority in Congress. Unemployment across the Nation remains far too high. In my district, unemployment still remains near 14 percent. Yet instead of focusing on creating…
Congress should be focusing on creating jobs, helping middle class families, and lowering the deficit with intelligent spending cuts--and I say with ``intelligent'' spending cuts. But instead, we're headed towards a devastating government…
Right now Congress' top priority should be creating jobs and lowering the deficit with intelligent spending cuts. The President's proposed budget is a good starting point, putting us on track to lower the deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10…
President Obama understands that it's a very difficult time for the American people. Our economy is improving, but unemployment remains around 9 percent across the Nation and is close to 14 percent in California's Inland Empire. Right now…
If we fail to get bipartisan legislation to the President's desk by April 9, a questionably naive and irresponsible court order will be implemented that will impose what I fear is a potentially disastrous burden on the government budgets…
I urge all my colleagues--Democrats and Republicans--to support small business and small business trucking. As we debate H. Res. 72, the most critical issue facing America is how to increase jobs so that families can rise up against…
It is time for Congress to roll up its sleeves and begin to work together. Democrats and Republicans must come together to create new jobs for the American people, strengthen our recovery, and reduce the debt. Yet instead of finding some…
At tonight's State of the Union Address, it is vitally important that President Obama lays out an effective strategy for new job creation. The economy is improving, and with more than 1 million private sector jobs created in the last year…
Instead of focusing on creating new jobs and helping middle class families, our Republican friends want to turn back the clock. We all know this week's vote to repeal and replace the health reform is nothing but political fiction, with no…
I oppose this repeal of the health bill that is good for my district. Madam Speaker, right now, Democrats and Republicans should be coming together to create new jobs, help struggling middle class families, and reduce the deficit. But…
All throughout Congress, the Republicans consistently asked, ``Where are the jobs?'' They asked this last year. Yet in their first major action, the House Republicans are showing their true colors: playing politics at the expense of…
This week our colleagues in the Senate have an opportunity to straighten our future economy and create equal opportunity for America's young people. By recognizing students who want to contribute through military service or higher…
I stand in strong support for H.R. 5281, the American DREAM Act, a bipartisan bill. America is the land of opportunity, and these students want to abide by the law, and that's why this bill is before us. It is wrong to unfairly punish…
Many children have a difficult time passing a lot of these tests because they're going hungry. None of us are pleased with the cuts to the SNAP program made by this bill, but I am committed to work with the administration and my colleagues…
I rise in support of S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Too many families are struggling to put food on the table. There are 40 million people going hungry in the United States right now. We recently passed the SNAP program. We…
We must remind the American people when President Obama took office, he inherited a $1.2 trillion deficit, the recession, and mounting job losses. In the last 2 years we have worked hard to end the outsourcing of jobs overseas and lay the…
No, it's not. It's really thinking about someone who has contributed, someone who has done an awful lot. And it's bipartisan individuals, both Republican and Democrat, that belong to the CHCI board as well. We welcome the new Members that…
When President Obama took office, he inherited a $1.2 trillion deficit, two wars, the recession and mounting job losses that pushed our economy to the brink. Since then, we have made steady progress towards recovery and have laid the…
I am proud to rise in support of House Resolution 1622, legislation I introduced to honor the historic contributions of veterans throughout all conflicts involving the United States. Every Veterans Day, Americans come together to remember…
We would love to honor other foundations and other individuals as well. This is only one of many that we should recognize, just as I am honoring Arnold Palmer that we gave the Congressional Gold Medal. And at one time I hope you are here…
I would like to, once again, state that many corporations and many individuals give because they're good corporate citizens, because they want to make our communities a lot better. They want to provide an opportunity for individuals to…
Once again, I would like to state for the record that this is not a conflict of interest. This is about bipartisan individuals who sit on the board who continue to want to provide assistance to many individuals who are in need of help…
When President Obama took office, he inherited a $1.2 trillion deficit, two wars, the recession, and mounting job losses that pushed our economy to the brink. Since then, we have made steady progress by preventing economic catastrophe and…
Last week, this Chamber passed another measure to move America's small business forward, the backbone of this country. The Small Business Jobs Act provides $12 billion in tax cuts for America's small businesses and creates a $30 billion…
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