[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24739]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today to ask 
a simple question: Where are the jobs?
  When Congress was asked to rubber stamp the President's trillion 
dollar stimulus proposal last February, we were told that legislation 
was the only way to keep the national unemployment rate from rising 
above 8 percent and that it would create jobs. Unfortunately, as we all 
know, this so-called stimulus bill has failed to do either of these 
things.
  Nearly 3 million people in the private sector have lost jobs in 
America since the stimulus bill was signed into law. And the national 
unemployment rate? 9.8 percent and climbing, the highest level in 26 
years. Moreover, 15.1 million people who are unemployed are looking for 
work, again the largest number in history, and it includes my son, who 
is celebrating his 38th birthday today standing in the unemployment 
line.
  Happy birthday, Billy.
  In my home State of Georgia, my State has lost 116,000 jobs since the 
stimulus was signed. I ask again, Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs?

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