[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        GETTING OUT OF THE SLUMP

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, when will this House leadership take 
action to get us out of this perpetual economic slump and provide the 
economic growth that we need to create the jobs that American families 
need?
  Unemployment nationally remains high at 9.5 percent for June, with 
the U.S. economy losing 125,000 jobs in that month alone. In my area of 
south Florida, our unemployment rate is steadily increasing to 12.3 
percent.
  It is time for the administration and the liberal House leadership to 
take a proven approach of providing tax relief for working families and 
small businesses while reducing the debt, which is delaying future 
economic growth.
  Lowering the tax burden on small firms, simplifying the Tax Code, 
that will encourage job creation. I also support extending the $8,000 
first time Homebuyer Tax Credit, which has done so much to help revive 
our slow housing industry in south Florida.
  Let's act now. It is overdue.

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