[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17230-17231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICANS DESERVE REAL PLAN, REAL RECOVERY

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, at the close of last year, it was obvious: 
America was sliding into a serious recession. And to this very day, the 
American people are struggling in this difficult economy.
  Well, in February, this Democrat Congress passed a $1 trillion 
stimulus bill, and the results are starting to come in: 1.6 million 
jobs lost since the stimulus bill was signed. Unemployment was 12.4 
million; it is 14.7 million today. The unemployment rate was 7.5 
percent; it is 9.5 percent today, the highest in 26 years. And, 
remarkably, the President last week said that the recovery bill had 
``done its job.'' Done its job?
  Look, the American people are starting to get wise to the Democrat 
plan here. They understand the Democrat agenda is nothing more than 
more government, more debt, more spending, a national energy tax, and a 
government takeover of health care.
  The Republican plan: fiscal discipline for Washington, D.C. and tax 
relief for working families, small businesses and family farms.
  The American people are hurting. They deserve a real plan for a real 
recovery, not more spending, more taxes, more debt, and more 
unemployment.

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