[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19551-19552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WHERE ARE THE PROMISED JOBS?

  (Mr. BROWN of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, August will be 6 months 
since the signing of the administration's so-called stimulus plan. 
Since February, we have been waiting for the jobs that were promised 
with this bill. We have been waiting so long that my constituents in 
South Carolina are beginning to wonder if they will ever come.
  The President insisted that to save or create up to 4 million jobs, 
Congress must support this stimulus. Unfortunately, today we continue 
to lose jobs and pass legislation that will further increase 
unemployment around the country.
  We were told by experts in the administration that unemployment would 
peak at 8 percent, but, as we all know, national unemployment is now at 
9.5 percent. In my home State of South Carolina, it is over 12 percent.
  It is a shame that while my constituents are desperately waiting for 
jobs, the Democratic leadership has made job creation second after 
bigger government, more borrowing, and ever-increasing spending. They 
must join Republicans in making our number one

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priority getting America back to work. My constituents are getting 
tired of waiting. Where are the jobs?

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