[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THE BACK TO WORK TAX CREDIT ACT

  (Mr. ROONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, 3 million Americans have lost their jobs 
since the Democratic stimulus plan passed. It was supposed to create 4 
million jobs. National unemployment was at 8 percent when the stimulus 
passed, and now it's approaching 10 percent. In Florida, in my 
district, it's over 11 percent, and even in St. Lucie County, it 
exceeds 15 percent unemployment.
  Now is not the time for partisan bickering but, rather, for 
bipartisan solutions. That's why I've joined with Democrat and fellow 
freshman John Boccieri from Ohio to introduce a bill to get Americans 
back to work.
  This week, we're introducing the Back to Work Tax Credit Act, a 
commonsense bill to expand the current work opportunity tax credit to 
the long-term unemployed.
  The time for action is now. My neighbors in Florida and all over 
America deserve real solutions from Washington, not just talk and 
further inaction.

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