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“MEAN-SPIRITED STINGERS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5168 on July 19, 2011.
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MEAN-SPIRITED STINGERS
(Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, this is a very sad time for me and, I hope, for others. Unemployment is at 9.2 percent. For African Americans, it's at 16.2. If you use the Labor Department's U6 standards, it's almost 30 percent. And all we want to do here is argue--argue.
These are real human beings who are out here struggling. I saw a lady the other day working at a hotel, cleaning up, with a college degree from Howard University. She can't get a job.
And so what are we going to do in Congress? While Congress likes to bash, the jobless need cash.
What do we need to do to get things going? Well, we need to stop being so mean. Mean, that's what we are down here.
A bumblebee cannot sting and make honey at the same time. And what we have decided to be in Congress is a big group of 435 stingers.
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