[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19566]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. LoBIONDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Speaker, we are rapidly coming up on the 6-month 
anniversary of the stimulus bill. The question all across America, the 
question in New Jersey, and the question in my district in south Jersey 
is, Where are the jobs? We had jobs that were promised, good jobs that 
were promised, jobs that were going to be available. The unemployment 
rate was going to come down. The families in New Jersey are hurting. 
The families in south Jersey are hurting. Our unemployment rate in the 
State of New Jersey is 9.2 percent; and in most of my counties, it's 
well above 11 percent.
  Most of the stimulus money has been financed by the Chinese. And 
people are asking, Where is the help going to come from? But there is 
one category that has had a dramatic rise in employment, and that is in 
the category of czar. So if you are a czar, make application. Your day 
is coming.

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