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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 946 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 946

  Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has 
    reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2009

Mr. Rush (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Watt, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
Mr. Stupak, Mr. Towns, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Harman, 
  Ms. Waters, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. 
Costello, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Eddie 
    Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Scott of 
     Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
Ruppersberger, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Clay, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. DeFazio, and 
 Ms. Fudge) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has 
    reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.

Whereas according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nationwide unemployment 
        rate rose from 4.8 percent in February 2008 to 6.1 percent in August 
        2008, and then steadily thereafter to 10.2 percent in October 2009;
Whereas over 15,000,000 employable Americans are unemployed;
Whereas the nationwide unemployment rate is at its highest level since April 
        1983;
Whereas in some States, the unemployment rate now exceeds 15 percent;
Whereas 8,200,000 Americans have lost their jobs since December 2007, including 
        some 2,100,000 Americans in the manufacturing sector alone;
Whereas 9,300,000 Americans are working in part-time jobs, which they had to 
        accept for economic reasons and in spite of their desire and 
        availability to work on a full-time basis;
Whereas an average of 645,000 jobs were lost each month from November 2008 to 
        April 2009; and
Whereas the Bureau of the Census has reported that in 2008, 39,800,000 Americans 
        were living below the poverty line: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes that the rate of unemployment in the United 
        States has reached the level of a national crisis;
            (2) recognizes that saving and creating new jobs are 
        matters of the highest national priority; and
            (3) urges Federal agencies to take all possible actions to 
        address the aforementioned problems by--
                    (A) reducing outsourcing, thereby helping to save 
                existing jobs and to create new job opportunities for 
                Americans;
                    (B) strengthening the Nation's domestic 
                manufacturing and services industries while improving 
                global competitiveness;
                    (C) reducing the Nation's trade deficit;
                    (D) providing incentives for investment in the most 
                challenging market areas;
                    (E) encouraging private entrepreneurship and 
                innovation; and
                    (F) encouraging greater fiscal responsibility in 
                Government spending.
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