Hakeem Jeffries

This Administration has created about 6 million private sector jobs

The sky is falling, and so we are in the midst right now of debating what many of us view as a very draconian budget

I was hesitant at the very beginning of this hearing to use the word patent trolls, thinking that perhaps it was an unnecessarily aggressive expression.

I share their concern, as I think all of my colleagues do, with making sure that unnecessary or unjustified litigation doesn't stifle innovation and entrepreneurship.

I thank you for highlighting some of the impacts that are going to take place in your district in Nevada. If I might ask, Madam Speaker, how much time do we have remaining on our Special Order? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Wagner). The…

Thank you, Congressman Davis, for your leadership and for your eloquence in laying out, in a very clear, concise, and articulate fashion, the problems with sequestration that we are forced now to confront here in America as a result of the…

Congresswoman Christensen, thank you very much. I think it's important to emphasize a point that you just made as it relates to what we should be doing to jump-start the economy. We should be investing in the American economy, attempting…

Thank you, Congresswoman Fudge. I now yield to the Congresswoman from the Golden State, Congresswoman Barbara Lee from California.

We cannot pretend that this hearing is about growing the economy or creating jobs.

Instead, sequestration will arbitrarily take 85 billion dollars out our economy, lower our GDP, cost jobs, and harm our economic recovery and global competiveness.

If the Majority was truly concerned with growing the economy, creating jobs, and protecting American competitiveness, we would have come together with a Grand Bargain of spending cuts to address the government's long-term budget deficits…

Indeed, the only plan that the Majority has advanced is one that would not stem job loss, but one that would cut the programs that help the unemployed, the sick, and the poor.

We have debated these issues tirelessly. And now, instead of addressing important issues, this Do Nothing Congress is using yet another hearing in its attempt to discredit President Obama.

This mindless austerity takes a meat-cleaver approach to cutting programs, regardless of the wisdom of doing so or the long-term costs that these cuts would create.

I also take considerable issue with the title of this hearing.

The Republican leadership failure will be felt nationwide, and its impact on my home state of Georgia is of grave concern to me.

Sequestration threatens to forestall economic recovery, amplifying the effects of the recession on so many Americans.

If this body does not address sequestration, American workers will face yet another hurdle to providing for their families and realizing the American dream.

Would you describe the Bush administration as excessive in its regulatory zeal?

I was quite startled when I took a look at the title, 'The Obama Administration's Regulatory War on Jobs, the Economy, and America's Global Competitiveness.'

I agree with you absolutely. And one of the things that I think we supported, certainly on this side of the aisle, is an increased investment in first responders all across this country.

If I had my people focused on important things like growing the company, we would hire more unemployed steelworkers in Baltimore City.

I now--excuse me, Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the distinguished Member from Maryland, our whip, Mr. Hoyer. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

The American airline industry is certainly extremely critical to our economy, to our commerce, to ability to keep families together, our social network, educational infrastructure.

The economy, since 2009 under this administration, is moving in the right direction based on any reasonable objective economic measure, wouldn't that be correct?