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




               THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

  (Mr. McCAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Leader and Mr. Speaker, where are those jobs? We have 
the highest unemployment rate since the 1930s. They say a picture 
speaks a thousand words.
  Mr. HOYER. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. McCAUL. Well, look at this picture.
  Mr. HOYER. I thought it was since 1982 when Ronald Reagan was 
President.
  Mr. McCAUL. Reclaiming my time, they say a picture speaks a thousand 
words. Well, look at this picture right here because it says it all.
  This is a picture of Larry Summers, the President's top economic 
adviser. Look at him. He's not creating jobs. He is asleep. Mr. 
Speaker, I would submit to you, this administration is asleep at the 
wheel.
  The Vice President recently said that we can spend our way out of 
bankruptcy. What? Really? Spend our way out of bankruptcy? What 
happened to Economics 101? I think the American people are smarter than 
that.
  Instead of cutting taxes and spending, which has historically worked, 
instead, we are enacting policies that will devastate our economy; a 
national energy tax that will kill 2.5 million jobs and, according to 
the President, skyrocket energy prices. A health care bill that, 
according to the CBO, will spend over $1 trillion and kill 4.7 million 
jobs.
  It is time, Mr. Speaker, for the American people to wake up.

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