[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         FOCUS ON CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, the American people are hurting and they're 
asking, Where are the jobs? The Obama administration and congressional 
Democrats promised that the stimulus--the trillion-dollar stimulus--
would create jobs immediately. Last month alone, we lost almost half a 
million jobs and unemployment now stands at 9.5 percent.
  It's clear the Democrats' trillion-dollar stimulus package isn't 
working, and their response is to increase spending in the 
appropriations process by 12 percent, pass a national energy tax that's 
going to result in increased energy costs, less competitiveness for 
American jobs, and drive jobs from American shores.
  Now they're trying to ram down a health care plan that's going to 
raise taxes on American business, cost jobs, and force people into a 
government-run health care plan.
  We need to focus on creating jobs--and you do that by holding the 
line on taxes, controlling spending, and reforming health care. Let's 
focus on creating jobs and answering the American people's cry for, 
Where are the jobs?

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