[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18500]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WHERE ARE THE JOBS AND TRANSPARENCY

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say three things: Where are 
the jobs? Where is the transparency that was promised? And where will 
the savings come from in a health care proposal that, in fact, starts 
off by talking about savings while, in fact, increasing spending?
  You don't need a new tax if everything is already taxed and you are 
going to save. You only need a new tax if, in fact, you are going to 
spend more money, create more waste, fraud, and abuse.
  Mr. Speaker, the President said we would not go above 8 percent, that 
the stimulus would in fact drive down the tendency towards unemployment 
and, in fact, create jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? They were not created.
  Mr. Speaker, the President said that this administration would have 
unparalleled access and transparency, and yet the special IG for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program has said just the opposite, that he's 
being blocked at every step, that, in fact, he's not getting the 
transparency that he was promised.
  Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? Where is the transparency?

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