[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. SHADEGG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Speaker, I believe in health care reform. I have 
been fighting for it since I got here in 1995.
  I came to the floor this morning to talk about this amendment. It's 
an amendment that was rejected by the Democrats last night. It says 
that no Federal employee should be able to dictate how a medical 
provider practices medicine. And it was rejected by the Democrats. 
Apparently Democrats in their health care bill want Federal employees, 
bureaucrats to dictate how your medical provider practices medicine. I 
think that's shocking. I don't want a Federal bureaucrat between me and 
my doctor or between you and your doctor.
  But I got here and discovered that we are not supposed to ask, Where 
are the jobs? I don't get it. What's embarrassing about that question? 
It's a fair question. Where are the jobs?
  When the Obama administration was sworn in, unemployment was 7.6 
percent. When the stimulus passed, it was 8.1 percent. And today, it's 
9.5 percent. And we're not supposed to ask where are the jobs? I think 
it's a legitimate question. I guess it's an embarrassing question. I'd 
like to know where the jobs are.

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