Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

Floor Speech

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Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, it's nice to hear the House Majority finally talking about the importance of infrastructure jobs. They claim this bill will create thousands of jobs from one project--the Keystone Pipeline extension.

However, America has infrastructure needs in all corners of the nation and this bill ignores those needs.

In San Diego County, where my district sits, there has been a 3-percent loss in construction jobs dropping it to 226th out of 337 metro areas. This is according to a report just released by the Associated General Contractors of America.

And San Diego was not alone. The report noted that 145 other metro areas suffered losses in construction jobs.

The reason for this drop in jobs, you may ask? The contractors say it is because Congress is lagging in passing infrastructure and transportation bills.

Despite being touted as a jobs bill, H.R. 3630 fails to address other critical infrastructure projects to rebuild our schools, roads, and bridges.

Mr. Speaker, this House should be debating a real infrastructure bill that will provide needed jobs and meet our infrastructure needs.

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