[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. NEUGEBAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Well, Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? That's what 
the American people want to know. What they know is the plan that the 
Democrats have isn't working, spending money we do not have. Not just a 
little bit of money but trillions of dollars that we don't have.
  Chairman Bernanke spoke to the House Financial Services Committee 
today, and he said: Maintaining the confidence of the public and the 
financial markets requires that policy measures begin planning now for 
restoration of fiscal balance. Unless we demonstrate a strong 
commitment to fiscal sustainability, we will have neither fiscal 
financial stability nor doable economic growth.
  I'll interpret that for you. If we keep spending money we do not 
have, we are not going to create jobs. We are going to lose more jobs.
  Last week, the Federal deficit in this country reached $1 trillion. 
If you started counting to $1 trillion, it would take you 17,000 years.
  We're talking about real money. We cannot continue on this spending 
spree that Congress is in, spending money that we do not have.
  Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? The American people want their jobs 
back.

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