[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, as we left church yesterday, our pastor 
ended his sermon with a prayer for all of those in our church that were 
unemployed. With this on my mind as I walked out into the foyer, I saw 
one of the largest employers in our area and walked up to him and said, 
``Sir, what will it take for you to begin hiring again?''
  He did not hesitate. He looked me right in the eye and said, 
``Washington has injected too much uncertainty about what my health 
care expenses are going to be and what the health care that I have to 
provide my employees will have to be.'' He said, ``There is also a 
great deal of uncertainty about my tax rates and about what taxes I am 
going to have to pay.'' He said, ``Before I can begin to hire people 
again, Washington needs to clarify and remove that uncertainty.''
  This is what's keeping us from having jobs today in the United 
States.

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