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Urging Action on Jobs Legislation

Floor Speech

By: Jim Himes
By: Jim Himes
Date: Oct. 13, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action

Mr. HIMES. Madam Speaker, 2 days ago the United States Senate, the Republicans in the United States Senate, unanimously decided to not bring for consideration the jobs bill. I don't understand the workings of the United States Senate, and I don't understand the logic behind that decision, but I do understand why on a good day the approval ratings of the United States Congress are 12 percent.

Maybe the bill wasn't perfect. The only justification for not bringing the jobs bill today is because you've got a better bill.

So I ask the Senate and I ask the leadership of this House, there are 14 million Americans who today need a job; so if the bill's not perfect, that's fine; let's make it good. But let's do it today.

The American people cannot wait on the politics of this institution. Let's bring a jobs bill to the floor today.


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