[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 80 (Thursday, May 31, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               REPUBLICAN PLAN FOR AMERICA'S JOB CREATORS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in 2009, the Obama administration said 
unemployment would never reach 8 percent if the stimulus was approved. 
Three years and $1.2 trillion in spending later, unemployment has 
remained above 8 percent for 39 consecutive months, the longest span 
since the Great Depression. Even more alarming is that 8 percent 
doesn't illustrate how grim the situation really is.
  More than half a million more Americans are out of work since 
President Obama took office, and currently the percentage of working 
Americans is at a 30-year low. Unemployment would be 40 percent higher 
if more Americans hadn't given up looking for jobs.
  With these numbers, it is clear that President Obama's policies have 
failed and are making the economy worse.
  House Republicans have a plan for America's job creators to help turn 
this economy around. It's time for the President and Senate Democrats 
to stop blocking our jobs bill and help us put Americans back to work.

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