[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. BONNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, last week, the President and his 
administration were out in force bragging to anyone who would listen 
about how successful last year's trillion dollar stimulus bill has 
been. Vice President Biden left no doubt in anyone's mind when he said, 
``I am absolutely certain of one thing. The Recovery Act is working.'' 
Well, forgive me, Mr. Vice President, if I and millions of other 
Americans are a bit skeptical.
  The American people continue to ask: Where are the jobs that this 
trillion dollar budget buster promised?'' Let me tell you, I would have 
a hard time going to my district in Monroe County, which has gone from 
6 percent unemployment when the Democrats took control of the Congress 
in January 2007 to, last month, over 20 percent unemployment. Sadly, 
this is a story that is being repeated all across America.
  So while the President and his Democratic colleagues in Congress are 
trying to remember the words to ``Happy Days Are Here Again,'' the 
American people are left wondering, where are the jobs, and does anyone 
in Washington care about us?

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