Emanuel Cleaver: “I, like all 434 other Members of this body, was elected to the 112th Congress. Shortly after arriving, I was told that…”

“I, like all 434 other Members of this body, was elected to the 112th Congress. Shortly after arriving, I was told that the number one responsibility we had was to create jobs. So far, that has not been the case. We have given attention to health care, which I understood to have been one issue that we gave too much attention to. So my question today is, What about the jobs? When are we going to talk about jobs? I would like for somebody, anybody, to talk about jobs. When are we going to do the job of creating jobs? If we do our jobs, then we might be able to create some jobs; if we don't, nothing will happen. Madam Speaker, I am urging the Members of this body, particularly those who are now in charge, to begin to deal with jobs.”