Democrats Are Committed To Jobs Program

Floor Speech

Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, after nearly a decade of handing over middle class tax dollars to the wealthiest 1 percent, after nearly a decade of policy that encouraged million-dollar CEO bonuses over raises for American workers, we are witnessing the results of nearly a decade of complete Republican control of the Federal Government.

They handed President Obama and this Congress two wars, hundreds of billions of dollars in debt, crumbling national infrastructure, a home mortgage crisis--one in eight mortgages in default or foreclosure--a global climate crisis, and a financial sector ravaged by greed and lax regulation.

In short, this greatest economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression should be called the ``Republican recession.'' And then, they handed it all off to President Obama and now have the audacity to ask, Where are the jobs? Well, the jobs are coming. The jobs are being built right now because Democrats are focusing on jobs. Democrats are committed to a jobs program that talks about our infrastructure, retaining public employees, and building America's future again.

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