[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18485]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            JOBS, THE ECONOMY, AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SESSIONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, over 6 months ago, my Democrat colleagues 
and the Obama administration told the American people that if we passed 
the $1.2 trillion stimulus package, it would create jobs, halt the 
growing unemployment rate, and turn our economy around; yet here we are 
today with a 9.5 percent unemployment rate--the highest in 26 years--
and a record $1.1 trillion deficit that is growing and expected to be 
$2 trillion by year's end.
  And yet this administration and Democrats want to push through 
another $1.2 trillion health care package, a health care package that, 
according to the President's own economic adviser, will result in 4.7 
million people losing their jobs.
  Just a few weeks ago when talking about the stimulus package, Vice 
President Biden said for the Obama administration, Well, we just 
guessed wrong.
  Mr. Speaker, I don't think that the American people can really afford 
for this Congress or this administration to guess wrong again. We need 
to make sure that we find the jobs in this country, not tax and spend.

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