[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THE ECONOMY HAS NOT BEEN RESCUED

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, American families and small businesses 
are hurting. The economy has been hurting; but this morning, in 
previewing the President's speech tonight, our former colleague, the 
President's chief of staff, said this: We've rescued the economy.
  Now, I'm sure that the 9.5 percent unemployment rate that we have in 
our country today--and from most economic experts on its way up, don't 
believe that we've rescued the economy. The 11.1 percent unemployment 
rate that we have in Ohio, I'm sure those people are looking up today 
wondering, wait a minute, the President's going to say we rescued the 
economy? I don't think so.
  Not only has the stimulus bill not worked and the economy not been 
rescued, the President continues to promote policies that will create 
more unemployment in America.
  The national energy tax that went through this House last month will 
cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs over the next 10 years, 
like 2.5 million per year. And we're debating the health care plan, the 
government takeover of health care, which according to the President's 
Council of Economic Advisers' model will cost 5 million more Americans 
their jobs.
  I don't believe that the economy has been rescued.

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