[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3820]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              THE ECONOMY

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, good morning. I rise this morning to talk 
about the economy. President Bush keeps telling us the economy is 
turning the corner and that jobs are coming. Well, Mr. President, where 
are the jobs you keep promising?
  Last Friday brought more disappointing news to our country. Twenty-
one thousand new jobs were created last month. That is 285,000 fewer 
jobs than President Bush promised his tax cut would provide. The 
unemployment rate among Latinos rose by 7.4 percent last month, 28 
percent higher than when President Bush took office.
  Twenty thousand plus people in my District alone, 8 million 
nationwide, are out of work. These people are looking for jobs.
  This coming weekend we are helping to sponsor a job fair at the Los 
Angeles Dodgers stadium. Hundreds of out-of-work southern Californians 
are eager to return to work. They, too, want to know where the jobs 
are.
  The Bush policies have failed. It is time to take a different 
approach. Let us provide tax incentives for companies to keep jobs in 
the U.S. and pass the highway bill and create well-paid and meaningful 
jobs here in the U.S.

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