THE HUMPHREYHAWKINS FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT


John Conyers Jr.U.S. Representative
[D] Michigan, United States

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00:00:00 AMERICANS BACK TO WORK IN EVERY DISTRICT.
00:00:04 AND SINCE THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE HOUSE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, THEY HAVE REFUSED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REAL PLAN TO CREATE JOBS TO GET OUR PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
00:00:20 A WHOLE YEAR AND NO COMPREHENSIVE JOBS PLAN WHEN AMERICANS NEEDED IT MOST.
00:00:27 NOW, IN MY BILL H.
00:00:32 R. 870, THE HUMPHREY-HAWKINS UNEMPLOYMENT ACT REVISED IS A WAY TO BRING UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN TO ZERO PERCENT.
00:00:48 THERE IS NO REASON WHY EVERYBODY THAT WANTS A JOB IN AMERICA CAN'T BE PUT IN A POSITION OR TRAINED FOR A POSITION.
00:00:57 AND YET ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY TREAT JOBS AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT MOVEMENT IN THE HOUSE.
00:01:10 IT IS A SHAME AND I THINK SOMEBODY'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
00:01:14 I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
00:01:15 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
00:01:17 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
00:01:20 MR. YARMUTH: REQUEST PERMISSION

Mr. CONYERS. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, it's time for a real jobs plan to get our Americans back to work in every district. And since the conservatives have taken over the House more than a year ago, they have refused to move forward with a real plan to create jobs to get our people back to work--a whole year and no comprehensive jobs plan when Americans needed it most.

Now, in my bill, H.R. 870, the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act, revised, is a way to bring unemployment down to zero percent. There is no reason why everybody that wants a job in America can't be put in a position or trained for a position.

Yet, although most of the people in the country treat jobs as the number one priority, we still haven't got movement in the House. It is a shame, and I think somebody is going to pay for it.

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