[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              TWO AGENDAS

  (Mr. DEAL of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DEAL of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, my State of Georgia now has an 
unemployment rate in excess of 10 percent. As you've heard, other 
States are in worse condition. We are asking today the question of 
where are the jobs. We spent millions and billions, and perhaps even 
now trillions, of dollars throwing money at the problem, and yet the 
job losses continue.
  The legislative agenda that's been adopted by this administration and 
by this House has primarily two pieces of legislation. First is the 
cap-and-trade, a bill that is setting us on a path that has already 
been followed by some of our European countries, Spain in particular. 
They set out on this path of green jobs over a decade ago. The result 
is 17.5 percent unemployment. The green bubble burst, and for every job 
they created, they lost 2.2 jobs.
  The second major approach of this House has been the new health care 
reform bill, a bill that will tax employers 8 percent of their payroll 
amounts if they do not provide health insurance for their employees. 
What does that mean? New jobs? No. It means losing jobs that we already 
have.
  Mr. Speaker, it's appropriate to ask, where are the jobs?

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