[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. WITTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, just a few minutes ago, I finished a lunch 
with a gentleman who is a business owner in Virginia. And we had a 
discussion about what are the things that we need to be doing to help 
with this economy.
  As I travel across the First District, the thing I hear time and time 
again is where are the jobs? What are we doing to help this economy? 
What are we doing to help small businesses? Folks, that is where this 
economy is going to be picked up, from the efforts to make sure we help 
our small businesses. That is what this Congress needs to be focusing 
on each and every day. When we come here, our focus ought to be what 
are we doing to help small business? What we doing to create jobs?
  Obviously, what is happening right now isn't working. People out 
there are anxious. They are concerned. They are frustrated. They are 
telling me, as well as the rest of the Congress, get to work, start 
creating jobs and start turning this economy around.
  Let's get the job done.

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