[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the March employment report continues to show 
us that the Federal Government has not been helping to create jobs in 
our economy. A Wall Street Journal editorial from April 9 highlighted a 
few examples from the report. Here is one extremely startling 
statistic:

       The labor force participation rate--or the share of 
     civilian population that is working--dropped again to 63.8 
     percent. In March, 2009, a month after the $800 billion 
     stimulus passed Congress, the labor participation rate was 
     nearly 2 percentage points higher, at 65.6 percent.

  This is a prime example that continuously throwing money of 
hardworking taxpayers that the Federal Government takes from them at 
the problem will not solve it. We need real solutions that will 
stimulate our proven economic engine: small businesses. That's why I 
support the Small Business Tax Cut Act that will help 22 million 
hardworking small businesses retain and create more jobs.

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