[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 9]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          JOBS IN THE NEW YEAR

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, last week the Bureau of Labor and 
Statistics released its final economic report for 2009. Unfortunately, 
the report showed the year ending on a very disappointing note: 85,000 
more jobs lost and 10 percent unemployment for the month of December.
  It is very clear that the excessive borrowing and spending in 
Washington is not paying off where it is needed most: job creation. In 
fact, just this week, an investigation by the Associated Press found 
that large portions of the $787 billion stimulus plan had ``no effect 
on local employment.''
  Mr. Speaker, Americans across the country have already made their 
2010 New Year's resolutions. Congress now needs to make its own, and 
that is that job creation will be our number one priority.
  An economic recovery without jobs is not a recovery. I urge Congress, 
as we get back to work this month, to finally work together to enact 
real bipartisan solutions that will give the American people what they 
want: more jobs, without breaking the bank.

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