[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 191 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H14985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, as we approach the Christmastime, too many 
Americans are asking, Where are the jobs? In January, the unemployment 
rate was 7.6 percent. Only 10 months later, the national unemployment 
reached a whopping 10.2 percent, the highest level since April 1983. 
That means today there are 15.7 million unemployed Americans looking 
for work.
  House Republicans have an economic recovery plan that will help get 
Americans back to work. Our economic recovery plan will create twice 
the jobs at half the cost of the Democrats' failed stimulus plan.
  How ironic that our colleagues are coming to the floor today to talk 
about the need for jobs when it is their votes and the policies of this 
President that have killed so many jobs.
  It's time we started working on behalf of the American people and 
focus on real commonsense solutions that will help put people get back 
to work and let them celebrate Christmas in a wonderful way.

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