[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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BUDGET COMMITTEE DOESN'T MEET
(Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, I am on the Budget Committee, but the
Budget Committee doesn't meet. Maybe the reason the Budget Committee
doesn't meet is because they don't want you to see this chart.
If we look at this chart, and we look at the blue lines, the blue
lines are private-sector employment. It is the private economy
employment, the job creators, the revenue creators. Look at the Bush
years, those are the years going up. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush. Look
at the Pelosi years. Those are the years going down. Pelosi, Pelosi,
Pelosi.
The private-sector jobs dropped under Nancy Pelosi. They went up
under George Bush. Now look at the red line. The red line is George
Bush. The red line for government employment is flat.
But look at the Pelosi line. The Pelosi line for government
employment goes up, up, up, up.
So, under Pelosi, private-sector jobs go down. Government jobs go up.
The private sector pays for the public sector, but there are no
private-sector jobs. Maybe that's why the Budget Committee won't meet,
Mr. Speaker.
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