[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19556]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: TAKE 2

  (Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the administration and 
this Congress spent over $1 trillion on a so-called stimulus bill, and 
they laid down a benchmark for what would constitute success. They did 
it. And according to their own benchmark, that was that unemployment 
would be capped at 8 percent, and that there would be an immediate 
creation of 3.5 million jobs.
  So where are those 3.5 million jobs that we were promised? Not only 
have they not been created, an additional 2 million jobs or more have 
been lost since that bill was passed. And unemployment wasn't capped at 
8 percent, it is over 9.5 percent. Again, their own numbers. So, what 
has been the response to this obvious dismal failure? More of the same, 
unfortunately; more borrowing, more spending of your hard-earned money.
  Now, their health care bill will cost Americans an additional $1.2 
trillion, additionally, cut Medicare for senior citizens by hundreds of 
billions of dollars--that's in the bill--and will result in the loss of 
an additional 4.7 million jobs.
  You know, again, common sense; it's time to stop wasting taxpayers' 
money, stop irresponsible borrowing. It's time to focus on jobs 
creation.

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