[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, it's been 1 year since the Democrats passed 
their so-called stimulus bill, and 1 year later, one thing is clear: 
the stimulus bill has failed. This has even been tacitly acknowledged 
by the leadership of the Democratic Party here in Congress and at the 
White House.
  We were told before the State of the Union address that the President 
and House Democrats were going to ``pivot to an emphasis on fiscal 
discipline and jobs.'' But as the American people are struggling, with 
unemployment about 10 percent and an estimated 14.8 million Americans 
looking for work, Americans are asking, Where is the pivot, and more 
importantly, Where are the jobs?
  After a year of borrowing and spending and bailouts and takeovers, 
met this week by the latest version of a government takeover of health 
care, millions of Americans are asking, When will Washington get the 
message? When will Washington, D.C., from this well to the White House 
itself, start to put Americans back to work with the time-honored 
principles of fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C., and across-the-
board fast-acting tax relief for working families, small businesses, 
and family farms?
  Let's put the emphasis on jobs, Mr. Speaker.

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