[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOOD NEWS ABOUT JOBS

  (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHWARTZ. The American people received much-needed good news last 
week. Job loss is slowing. In November the number of jobs lost was 
11,000, quite a contrast to the 700,000 lost in January 2009. While no 
one should underestimate the challenges ahead or the struggles of far 
too many families whose wage earners are unemployed, this news shows 
that the policies of the Democratic majority are working. The economy 
is turning around.
  Last Friday I joined President Obama in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to 
talk with and hear from business leaders and college students and 
veterans about how to create new jobs and grow the economy. The 
President laid out a jobs plan that will spur small business hiring, 
improve infrastructure, and encourage energy efficiency.
  We need to take action on this plan that builds economic opportunity 
for the long term, new jobs that are sustainable for years ahead, in 
rebuilding our infrastructure, creating new energy sources, and 
developing new technology and innovative products and services that we 
and the world want to buy. We are committed to rebuilding America's 
economy, putting Americans back to work and ensuring our Nation's 
economic future.

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