Frederica Wilson: “Today I rise for one reason: to talk about creating jobs, jobs, jobs. I have been a Member of Congress for 18 weeks, and…”

“Today I rise for one reason: to talk about creating jobs, jobs, jobs. I have been a Member of Congress for 18 weeks, and I still have not seen any plan that would create jobs. My constituents are hurting. They need help, and I don't see any coming. They are losing their homes. They need jobs. I did not come to Congress to ``drill, baby, drill.'' I did not come to Congress to hand out corporate tax breaks. And I did not come to Congress to end Medicare as we know it. I came to create jobs. Graduations are happening all across the Nation, and I can't help but wonder, what sort of world will our graduates be entering? What will happen to the class of 2011? Under the Republican budget plan, graduates are entering a world with job losses and stifled economic growth. Under the Republican legislative agenda, graduates are entering a world in which Big Oil is given a free pass, a free pass to ``drill, baby, drill'' with limited safety regulations and a free pass to drill with limited environmental safeguards. Under the Republican-controlled House, new graduates are entering into a world in which their elected officials waste time and energy trying to repeal meaningful health care reform. Health care reform is creating jobs for the class of 2011. Thousands of students will be trained in the health care field. Don't repeal their jobs in health care. Leave ObamaCare alone. Leave their jobs alone.…”