[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 30785]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           WHERE ARE THE JOBS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in January, President Obama and congressional 
Democrats promised spending another trillion dollars would create jobs 
immediately and that unemployment would not rise above 8 percent. 
Almost 1 year later, millions of Americans are still plagued by 
unemployment and many are struggling to make ends meet. In October, 
190,000 jobs were lost and more than 2.8 million jobs have been lost 
since the so-called stimulus was signed by President Obama.
  The American people continue to ask, Where are the jobs? I can safely 
say the answer lies in the House Republican economic recovery plan. Our 
plan provides targeted tax relief for working families and small 
businesses. Just as American families must improve their economic 
situations through fiscal discipline, so, too, must this Congress.
  House Republicans are passionately committed to creating jobs and 
getting the American people back to work.

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