[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, the American people are hurting, and 
Washington is not listening. Over the past year, the policies of more 
taxes, runaway spending and record debt have had a chilling effect on 
job creation across this country. The stock market is languishing, home 
sales have declined, and unemployment is in double-digits, reaching its 
highest level in decades.
  Last year, President Obama and congressional Democrats promised that 
the trillion-dollar stimulus plan would create jobs immediately, and 
unemployment would not rise above 8 percent. Sadly, the only thing the 
wasteful stimulus bill created was bigger government, with nearly 2.7 
million American jobs lost since that promise was made.
  The Republican plan provides targeted tax relief for working families 
and small businesses and will create real jobs, not an illusion of jobs 
saved, as the administration suggests. It's past time that the 
President and the Democratic majority get serious about putting 
Americans back to work.

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