[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 18 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS DOWN

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the reports have just come out a few minutes 
ago, and it's great news for America: 243,000 jobs were created in 
January, which is 150,000 more than were expected. The unemployment 
rate is down to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent. So the programs are 
working. I congratulate President Obama, and urge my Republican 
colleagues to pass a jobs bill so we can continue to have a downslide 
on unemployment.
  Now, I know Mitt Romney says he's not concerned about the very poor, 
but this is good news for all Americans, from the very poor to the 
middle class.
  This Congress needs to work together with the President to pass a 
jobs bill and to make sure that unemployment keeps going down. This is 
great news for all America, great news for President Obama, and great 
news for all of us.

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