[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, hardworking individuals and 
entrepreneurs have always been the life blood of our economy. They 
create jobs. They spur innovation. They have made the American free 
enterprise system the envy of the world.
  As Americans, we all understand that if you work hard you can be 
successful. Unfortunately, that spirit appears to be undergoing a 
fundamental transformation in which government comes before the spirit 
of free enterprise.
  The trend began early in 2009 when the government passed the so-
called ''stimulus package'' that was supposed to boost the economy and 
keep unemployment under 8 percent. More than a year after stimulus, 
unemployment remains well above 9 percent.
  Around this country there is an atmosphere of uncertainty caused by 
Washington's anti-worker agenda. New taxes, mandates, and regulations 
in countless new laws and proposed laws are threatening to strangle our 
Nation's entrepreneurs and workers. As I travel around my district, a 
prevailing feeling of uncertainty about what lies ahead has made 
employers hesitant to create new jobs; and until this fear and 
uncertainty about the future is allayed, the American people will 
continue to wonder and ask the question: Where are the jobs?

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