Hank Johnson: “I thank the gentleman from New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 4, the so-called Jobs for America…”

“I thank the gentleman from New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 4, the so-called Jobs for America Act. It brings to mind occasions where, as a youth, my sister and I would go to my uncle's house in Cleveland. My uncle's wife would prepare a lot of food, and we would sit down and eat. The food would taste terrible. We had a couple of more days to be there, and so we hoped for the best. The next day, when we sat down at dinner, we had leftovers. This is what this bill reminds me of. It is a package of anti- consumer, anti-safety, anti-environment bills that the House has already passed. This omnibus legislation is emblematic of a Republican Party that lacks vision or direction for Americans that demand cooperation and leadership. This bill smacks of a new Republican leadership that is still on training wheels, unable to work across the aisle to deliver real solutions to grow the economy and create jobs; but what is new from a Republican Party that voted dozens and dozens of time to defund and defeat the Affordable Care Act, the same law that is helping American families by keeping millions of young people--be they recent college graduates looking for their first job or students still in school--on their parents' insurance and out of a cycle of unpayable medical debt? Well, Mr. Speaker, it is time for the training wheels to come off so that this Chamber can, once again, do the work of the American people.…”