[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18487]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, at the beginning of this 
year, the administration and Speaker Pelosi had this House pass a 
1,500-page stimulus bill which no one in either body was able to read 
before they passed it that spent $800 billion which we did not have, 
all because they promised that it would create new jobs. In fact, they 
said it would actually either create or save 2 to 3 million new jobs.
  Their economic policy adviser at the White House said it would mean 
an immediate start of creating new jobs and eliminating losing jobs. 
Even Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was on the floor saying this would be 
an immediate jolt to the economy, the immediate creation of jobs.
  Well, it is 5 or 6 months later, and where are we? I just heard from 
Chairman Bernanke. He says he can't assess where we are right now. But 
if you look at the numbers, if you look at the chart that I have here, 
the Democrat projection with stimulus had we done something was here. 
What actually happened, we have seen as far as jobs, more job losses, 
more job losses, more job losses, February, March, April, May and June, 
more job losses. We have lost several million jobs since the stimulus 
was passed.
  The administration misread the American economy. The administration 
misread the American public. The American public knows that we need to 
go in the right direction.
  We spend too much, we borrow too much and we tax too much.

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