[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. LEE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEE of New York. For months now my constituents in western New 
York have been asking, Where are the jobs?
  It's very simple. The only city in the entire country that actually 
saw significant job growth is right here in good old Washington, D.C. 
The Federal Government is adding jobs at a rate of nearly 10,000 a 
month, the fastest pace since the 1960s when Medicare and Medicaid were 
created. There is definitely no recession going on in this city, while 
everybody else in this country is fighting to keep their jobs.
  Instead of providing the right kind of incentives to grow the private 
sector and small business, the administration continues to bury this 
country further into debt.
  Let's start working together to implement responsible solutions to 
the serious challenges facing our Nation. We have to stop this Federal 
takeover which is truly bankrupting our country.

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