[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 155 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H11728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I have one question. Where are the jobs?
  We are now more than 7 months from passage of the so-called stimulus 
package, yet it is more apparent than ever that the bill has fallen 
woefully short. In my home State of West Virginia, the White House 
predicted that this legislation would create 20,000 jobs. Well, guess 
what? At this point, since February, the reality is that we have lost 
13,000 jobs. Sadly, the stimulus isn't living up to its promise of job 
creation.
  Additionally, the policies of this administration are actually 
contributing to job losses in my State. Cap-and-trade legislation will 
put an economic target on the back of our States, States like mine. 
Meanwhile, the EPA has continued to hold up mine permits across 
Appalachia, creating an unprecedented sense of unease and uncertainty 
that's already costing us mining jobs and threatening thousands more.
  Mr. Speaker, my constituents deserve better now, and they certainly 
deserved better when we first debated this bill. I join them in asking: 
Where are the jobs?

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