[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18492-18493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE THE JOBS WENT

  (Mr. LaTOURETTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaTOURETTE. A number of my colleagues today have asked, Where are 
the jobs? Well, I don't know exactly where the jobs are because they 
haven't appeared. But I can tell you where the jobs went, at least in 
one company, and that's Chrysler.
  When the Democrats opened this Congress, 4,000 people at Chrysler out 
of work. We honored a United States Senator. That's a nice piece of 
legislation.
  But then things began to get serious. Almost 10,000 people out of 
work. The most important thing they could put on the floor is 
Supporting the Goals and Ideals of National Teen Dating.
  Eleven thousand people out of work, we had to pass the Monkey Safety 
Act.

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Everybody likes safe monkeys. Thirteen thousand people out of work; 
Great Cats and Rare Canids Act. Sixteen thousand people out of work; 
Honoring Arnold Palmer. And 18,000 Chrysler workers out of work, the 
most important thing the majority could put on the floor is National 
Train Day.
  But now they're getting serious because later today we are going to 
vote on Supporting the Goals of National Dairy Month.
  That's the jobs.

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