Jesse Jackson

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Will the gentleman yield?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. I thank the gentleman for yielding. There seems to be some confusion about the role of the State Department and the role of the Institute of Peace. We know that the State Department is responsible for diplomacy, and the Institute of Peace is the only institute that the United States of America has on the ground that advances peace in conflict areas, sustainable peace. Would the gentleman please comment for us on the difference between diplomacy at the State Department and peace? Peace is not the responsibility of the State Department.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Diplomacy is the responsibility of the State Department.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Will the gentleman yield?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Once the conflict in Afghanistan is over, once the conflict in Iraq is over and we have an embassy in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is not the responsibility of the embassy in Afghanistan or Iraq to be responsible for conflict resolution in various provinces as a result of conflict. The Institute of Peace has a very different role than that of the State Department in a combat zone. There's a very, very different role for the Institute of Peace.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the book of Matthew says, ``For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.'' That is a prescription for judging the priorities of politicians. We've seen the President's heart in his budget proposal. We've seen it in the continuing resolution that my Republican colleagues have offered. At a time when they're needed the most, vital safety-net programs are on the chopping block: funding to help low-income Americans with their heating bills, grants to States and cities for community development, Pell grants, and much, much more. In the midst of the worst economy most of us have ever seen, we are cutting the legs of the unemployed, the underemployed, and the economically insecure right out from under them. It is clear to me that the President's tax deal with Republicans did not consider the depths of the Nation's historic unemployment problem. So I'm reissuing my call for unemployed Americans to send their resumes and stories to resumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov. We must organize ourselves. The unemployed party is larger than the tea party. No jobs are promised, but I will put your story in the Congressional Record so that our government that is supposed to be of, for, and by the people can begin to live up to the true meaning of its creed. ResumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. If a resolution can pass with unanimous support, is there any provision in the House rules that would allow the House to bypass 9\1/2\ hours of debate proposed in House Resolution 73, agree to House Resolution 72, and begin to consider other legislation dealing with job creation?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Is there any provision in H. Res. 72 that will create jobs?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Is it in order to ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table H. Res. 72, ask for its immediate consideration, and for it to be adopted?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table H. Res. 72 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House, so that we can move on creating jobs.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table H. Res. 72 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House, so that we can move on creating jobs. Isn't the appropriate response, Is there objection?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Can any Member rise, Mr. Speaker, and move to suspend the rules and pass H. Res. 72 prior to the rule being called up?

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, let me first identify with the two previous speakers and offer my sincerest condolences and heartfelt feelings. Mr. Speaker, there is no higher sacrifice in our Nation than military service. Our men and women in uniform serve honorably, whether they are stationed at a base here in the United States or serving in a combat zone far from home. Some join the military out of patriotism. Some join in order to see the world. But for many, those motivations are coupled with another factor: the lack of jobs in our communities. Facing shaky prospects, many young people turn to military service as an honorable, good-paying career. But too many veterans end up unemployed when they leave the military. After dodging bullets on the battlefield, they find themselves jobless in the marketplace. In the last few weeks, I've issued a call for unemployed Americans to send me their resumes at resumesforamerica@mail.house.gov so that I may enter their stories into the Record as a way of dramatizing the shameful unemployment problem in this Nation. I've heard from thousands of Americans, including a number of veterans, who are struggling under the weight of unemployment. Mushi Israel of San Diego, California, is a Navy veteran who served for 20 years. He's an information technology specialist who's been out of work for an entire year. As Mr. Israel said, ``There are a lot of great people who are out of work like myself who believe in the American Dream and society and just want to do an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.'' David Reinke of Burbank, California, was an Army lieutenant who received an honorable discharge in 1980. Although Lieutenant Reinke said in an email to me that his service was ``brief and undistinguished,'' I beg to differ. Anybody who puts on a uniform is distinguished and has the right to a good life right here in America. David worked for an event staging company for over 20 years. As he put it, ``Unfortunately the economic downturn forced our company to lay off 50 percent of the staff in an attempt to remain economically viable. I was one of those casualties.'' So after serving our country, Lieutenant Reinke became an economic casualty. He lost his job in January of 2010 and has been substitute teaching, where he tries to make ends meet. Andy Lang, a retired disabled veteran from Snow Hill, North Carolina, who's been out of work since last January, wrote, ``You don't know how scared I am, Congressman. Some days I don't eat. Americans need help and they need it now.'' Ms. Harmony Leonard of Bradford, Pennsylvania, wrote to me. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1975 to 1979 and was honorably discharged. Ms. Leonard has worked as a teacher, a grant coordinator, a development officer, a general manager of a restaurant. She's active in her community and said, ``I did everything I could to be a vital part of my community, and now that I have accumulated experience and education I seem to be invisible and of little use to society.'' She continues, ``My saving grace is that I am a veteran, so I have medical care should I need it. And I am not starving because my partner is working in the natural gas industry. But what about me? What about my self-esteem? What about the stigma attached to not working?'' Mr. Speaker, there's not a Member of this body who has a good answer for Ms. Leonard. How can we look our veterans in the eye, thank them for their service, and then tell them they are fresh out of luck when it comes to finding a job? How can we let them down like that? I want to hear more stories like this because I know they're out there, and I know there are more veterans who serve our country with honor and dignity and now find themselves unemployed. So I'm calling on unemployed and underemployed veterans to send me your resume and your story to resumesfromveterans@mail.house.gov. I'll submit them for the Congressional Record so that the unemployment problem among our veterans can be put front and center before our government. Sending me your resume will not get you a job, but it can help force Washington to end the unemployment problem once and for all. Again, veterans and servicemembers can send their resume to me at resumesfromveterans@mail.house.gov. Mr. Speaker, service to our Nation is an honorable profession, and we should honor that service by seeing to that every veteran has a job when their service is over. When you risk your life for your country, we should make sure you have a life when you return. No veteran should be left questioning how they will feed their family, wondering about their self worth, or fretting about their financial future. It's time, Mr. Speaker, we did something to end unemployment once and for all for everybody, especially our veterans. Resume--Mushi Israel Hello Resumes for America, after seeing Rev. Jesse Jackson on CNN this morning in discussion about the state of unemployment in the U.S., I decided to send in my resume. And I hope this will bring light to the government as to the real conditions of the country. There are lots of great people who are out of work like myself who believe in the American dream and society and just want to do an honest days work for an honest days pay. I am a Navy veteran who served 20 years for my country. I have a BS degree in Information Technology, and my background in Naval Telecommunication is my expertise. I'm currently working on a Masters Degree in Information Technology Project Management. I'm also working on Cisco Certification Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Information System Security Professional (CISSP) courses. I believe it's so unfair for people like myself to be out of work when there are so many jobs that are outsourced to third world countries just for the profits of companies. What are we to do? I realize we are of a globalization for products and services around the world, but to the expense of US workers that help build this country and help to defend for the rights and privileges for all. Help. Mushi Israel. Mushi Israel, PO Box 86714 San Diego, CA. 92138 Phone: (619) 843-2270 Email: mushi003@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mushi-israel/a/72/85 Monday, January 17, 2011 Job Objective Information Technology Project Management, Naval Telecommunication Data Link Analyst, Crypto Logic Management Technician, C4I System Integration, Acquisition Support, Information Technology System Networking Test and Evaluation Analyst, Fiber Optics Maintenance/Installation. Summary Exceptional professional with over 20 years experience of service working with Naval Telecommunications equipment with the US Navy. Information Technology Project Manager. Communications Data Link-Navy Systems Analyst. Microsoft 2000 Server System Administrator. Technical Control Supervisor US Navy Telecommunication Systems. Crypto, (EKMS) Electronic Keying Material Systems Management. Certified Fiber Optics Installer. DELPHI Connection Systems. Current Secret Security Clearance (SBI). Experience CDL-N System Analysts, SAIC, San Diego, CA, 10/2006 to 02/2010. Performed as Project Program Management for tactical line of sight radio networks and wireless wide area relay networking systems. Assisted in the development and research of Communications Data Link (CDL-N) system, revised system design/test procedures, and developed quality control standards. Fiber Optic Installation and Test Certification on tactical Navy terminals and cables. Perform shipboard installation, testing, Casualty Report (CASREP) activities, System Operational and Verification Testing (SOVT) documentation. Develop training materials and provided operator/ maintenance instruction. Performed Crypto operation/ maintenance, managed EKMS material inventories and destructions. Management Analyst, Telecom Network Team, San Diego, CA, 10/2004 to 10/ 2006. Assisted in system analyst in joint operational testing with Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine telecommunications engineers. Project Manager for Tactical Line of Sight Wireless Wide Area Relay Network System; coordinated and organized research and development, analyzed and gathered data, and developed solutions. Documented findings of study and prepared recommendations for implementation of new system procedures according to organizational policy. Organized and assisted in development of test plans for tactical communications systems in support of research and analysis. Communications System Analyst and Network Administrator, Information System Support, INC., San Diego, CA, 05/2003 to 10/2004. Naval Telecommunications Computer System Administrator designed and implemented network architecture, configurations including hardware and software technology for Network Operating Center. Utilized connectivity to include Frame Relay Devices, High Speed Data, Bandwidth Efficiency Satellite Transmission (BEST), INMARSAT, NERA-B terminal equipment and associated peripherals to support communications for USNS ships and support shore stations. Help desk support with Naval Telecommunications messaging service for the Network Operating Center supporting USNS ships. Education BS Information Technology Certified Fiber Optics Installer Forklift Operator Qualified National University KITCO Fiber Optics Naval Base San Diego, CA U.S. Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) Training IT-2736 Information System Administration IT-2306 Computer Based Training Technician IT-2379 Transmission System Technician IT-2318 Communication System Technician Control Operator IT-2313 Communication System Manager IT-2358 Super High Frequency/Satellite Communications System Operator IT-2346 Low-Level Keying Teletype Repair IT-2342 MOD 28 Teletype Repair IT-9710 Electronic Equipment Repair IT-2782 Defense Message System Administrator Additional Training Experience Naval Aviation Logistics Database Administrator (NALCOMS) Naval Global Positioning System Operator (GPS) Communications Quality Monitoring System Operations Common High Bandwidth Data Link (CHBDL) Terminal Communication Data Link-Navy (CDL-N) Terminal Video Integration Group (VIG) Terminal Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) AN/VRC-99A/B Radio Subject Matter Expert (SME) Rave Computer and Sun Microsystems Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) Radio System Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) UNIX Based Computer Operating System Administrator Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) Integrated Shipboard Network System (ISNS) Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal (ANDVT) Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Global Command and Control System (GCCS) Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Gig (Global Information Grid) COMSEC Security Operator Naval Acquisition System Navy Data Environment (NDE)

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, the unemployment rate last month dropped from 9.4 percent to 9 percent, but only 36,000 jobs were created. Wow, 36,000 jobs equals 0.4 percent. How did the rate drop so much with only 36,000 new jobs? Madam Speaker, it's an illusion. If you are chronically unemployed and have given up looking for a job, you don't count as unemployed in America. You fall out of the statistics. So as more and more people are out of work for longer periods of time, they are literally left out of the system. Houdini couldn't have performed an illusion as clever as the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But shouldn't the government of, for, and by the people care about its most vulnerable in this economic climate? I want to remind the government of the urgency of our economic situation. Send me your resume and your story to resumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov. I want to have your story entered into the Congressional Record to remind the Congress of the fierce urgency of ``now.'' Madam Speaker, stop the illusions. The American people need jobs, and they want to go to work. We have too many Americans who are chronically unemployed, and we don't even count them anymore. We need to do something about it, and we need to do something about it now.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the President gave a great speech last night. In it he mentioned the word ``jobs'' 31 times; he used the word ``innovate'' 11 times. But he didn't mention the word ``unemployment'' a single time. That's because creating jobs is different than ending unemployment. In America capitalism and entrepreneurship have created great things and great wealth. To name a few, the automobile, the personal computer, the airplane. It is my hope that the cure for cancer will come from an enterprising entrepreneur. But there is one persistent problem that innovation has not solved: unemployment. As FDR said, ``Necessitous men are not free men.'' So I challenge our leading innovators to help find a way to eliminate unemployment, since Democrats and Republicans have run out of ideas. Mr. Gates, Mr. Buffett, Mr. Zuckerman, Mr. Immelt, Mr. Mulally: Put your organizational genius, your job-creating skills to use so that our Nation can be free from the threat of unemployment. But don't give us ideas that have been tried before, because none of them have eliminated unemployment. Our task as leaders should be to end the scourge of unemployment once and for all so that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness can really be available to all Americans.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute, to revise and extend my remarks, to enter relevant materials into the Record at taxpayers' expense.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on January 11, 1944, in his third term, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the limitations of the Presidency and Congress in addressing the Nation's most serious problem: unemployment. So he proposed changing the only vehicle capable of eliminating unemployment: the Constitution. Roosevelt suggested that adding fundamental economic rights to the Constitution was the only way to truly address our unemployment problem. Sixty-seven years later, to dramatize the shameful condition that our Nation and the marketplace tolerates, I have asked the Nation's unemployed, underemployed, and economically insecure to send their resumes to me at: resumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov. I will then submit those records to the Congressional Record, on their behalf, as a means of protesting the unaddressed, shameful unemployment problem. I am not promising anyone a job. I believe that the wealthiest Nation in the world should do something about the jobs loophole in our freedom construct. Until Democrats and Republicans in this Congress and in the White House eliminate the fear of unemployment from our freedom and liberty construct, I will continue this peaceful demonstration at: resumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the H.R. 2 legislation that will repeal health care for nearly 32 million Americans. I have listened to my colleagues from the other side of the aisle in press conferences and throughout this debate state that the Affordable Care Act is ``job destroying'' and ``budget busting.'' We know from numerous reports that these statements are blatantly untrue. Since President Obama signed this legislation into law in March, the Department of Labor reports nearly 1 million new jobs were created in the private sector, including over 200,000 in health care related fields. Furthermore the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, CBO, said that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the deficit over the next 10 years. In fact, on January 6 the CBO stated that the repeal would increase the deficit by $230 billion over the next 10 years. As we prepare to vote on this legislation, I'd like to inform my constituents as I did for them at countless town hall presentations I hosted on the Affordable Care Act, what repeal means for the people of Illinois' Second District. Health Care Repeal will rescind the vital Patient's Bill of Rights consumer protections provided under the Affordable Care Act for the 336,000 individuals in the Second Congressional District who have health insurance through their employer or the market for private insurance. Passage of repeal will lift the limitations placed on insurance companies for rate increases and out of pocket expenses. Repealing health care reform would eliminate the requirement that insurance companies limit administrative costs by spending a minimum of 80 percent of the premiums they collect on actual healthcare. Repealing the Affordable Care Act will allow insurance companies to drop or rescind coverage when people get sick, place annual and lifetime limits on coverage and charge you for cost-saving preventative services and screenings. According to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services, up to 129 million Americans under the age of 65 have some type of pre-existing condition and could be excluded from insurance plans if this health care repeal were signed into law. This would affect 263,000 individuals, including up to 40,000 children in the Second Congressional District who have a pre-existing condition. Repeal would eliminate the requirement that health insurance plans allow young adults to remain on their parents' insurance policies up to the age of 26, cutting coverage to the estimated 2,000 young adults that are expected to take advantage of this benefit in the Second District. Through the Affordable Care Act, middle class families with incomes up to $88,000 for a family of four and small businesses would be eligible for affordability tax credits. Repeal would cut access for 157,000 families and 14,200 small businesses in my district. For Second District seniors, repeal will increase drug costs for the 6,700 seniors who fall into the Part D prescription drug ``donut hole'' this year and will deny access to free preventive services and health screenings to the 93,000 seniors on Medicare in the Second District. Finally, under the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 94 percent of Americans would be provided access to health care through their employer, the Health Care Exchange or through Medicaid. With repeal, 61,000 of my constituents would lose this new coverage. Hospitals in my district spend nearly $40 million each year providing coverage to the uninsured which gets passed on to the consumer, and the average American family pays an additional $1,100 per year for covering the cost of uncompensated care for the unemployed. Before the Affordable Care Act, skyrocketing health care costs were hurting families, forcing businesses to cut or drop health benefits, and straining state budgets. The people of Illinois' Second District and all Americans need and deserve better. While some of my colleagues may be willing to pass legislation that (1) rescinds important consumer health care protections, (2) cuts tax credits for middle class families and small businesses, (3) forces our nation's seniors to pay more for prescription drugs and cost-saving preventative care and (4) passes the problem of steadily rising health care costs onto the next generation--I plan to vote for making health care affordable and accessible for up to 94 percent of Americans, not against it. That's why I will vote no on Repeal.

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, as we enter 2011, we find ourselves in the same jobs situation as in 2010. In order to show the huge need for jobs, I will be collecting resumes from Americans who are unemployed or underemployed. I'll submit them for the Congressional Record. Unfortunately, submitting these resumes for the Record will not get anybody a job. By collecting these resumes, I hope to dramatize the shameful condition of unemployment and compel Congress to do something about it. I hope to remind my colleagues every day that we work for those Americans who have been left behind but who want to work. Today, I call on my fellow Americans to send me your resume and your story to resumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov. ResumesforAmerica@mail.house.gov. If you are out of work, send me your resume and story so that I can use it to remind our government of the need to act. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: America has issued us a bad check. It has come back marked ``insufficient funds.'' But the vault of opportunity of this Nation is not bankrupt. Madam Speaker, sending a resume to me will not put you first in line for any job, but it will put you up front and center to remind our government of the need to act.