[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20437]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HURTING

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the American people are hurting and losing 
jobs at an alarming rate. The President and the Democrats in Congress 
promised that their trillion dollar stimulus bill would create jobs 
immediately and keep unemployment below 8 percent. But since the 
President signed his so-called stimulus into law, the national 
unemployment rate has reached 9.5 percent, a 26-year high, and over 2 
million more jobs have been lost.
  It's clear the Democrats $1.1 trillion stimulus scheme isn't working. 
It's clear Democrats are on the side of more government, more taxes, 
and more debt. House Republicans are on the side of the American 
people, fighting for working families and small businesses to put 
America back to work.
  The American people deserve real solutions for real recovery, and 
House Republicans will continue to fight for these solutions on behalf 
of the American people.

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