[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          STIMULATE JOB GROWTH

  (Mr. ROONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROONEY. Madam Speaker, Florida has a record 12.3 percent 
unemployment rate, with counties in my district hovering closer to 15 
percent. This is unacceptable. My neighbors have waited as the failed 
stimulus bill sent us further into debt and didn't produce the promised 
jobs. They waited while the House passed job-killing bills like cap-
and-trade and the new health care mandated by the government. And they 
have waited long enough.
  Congress must act now to stimulate job growth in the private sector. 
I recently cosponsored the Economic Freedom Act, a bill that would help 
businesses grow and create jobs. It would permanently eliminate the 
capital gains tax and eliminate the death tax. It would cut the payroll 
tax in half for 2010 for employers and employees and reduce the 
corporate income tax rate to 12.5 percent. It would repeal spending in 
the stimulus bill and terminate the TARP program.
  The time to act is now. We can do better for the people of Florida 
and for all Americans. They have waited long enough.

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