[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
POLITICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA IN WASHINGTON
(Mr. CARTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, we have a problem here in Washington since
the Democrats took control: It's called insanity, specifically,
political schizophrenia.
Yesterday, the Senate voted to spend another $15 billion in taxpayer
money to create a hoped-for 250,000 jobs. Yesterday, President Obama
introduced a health care proposal that is estimated to cost 600,000
jobs by his own supporters and up to 5.2 million jobs by business
groups. So in 1 day Democrats pushed two proposals--one to create jobs
and one to cut jobs--that combined will result in a net job loss of
between 350,000 and 4.8 million jobs. The madness has to stop before
maybe the President starts claiming he's George Washington.
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