[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, everyone is asking, ``Where are the 
jobs?'' When will the liberal leadership in the House take action to 
get us out of this perpetual economic slump and have a plan to provide 
the jobs that American families need?
  Unemployment nationally remains high at 9.5 percent for June, with 
the U.S. economy losing 125,000 jobs in that month alone. South 
Florida's unemployment rate has steadily increased to 12.8 percent. To 
add insult to injury, in my congressional district, we're still reeling 
from the perception of the gulf oil spill in our area. BP might have 
temporarily sealed the leak, but the damage has been done to south 
Florida's tourism economy. Commercial fishermen, charter boat captains, 
mom-and-pop restaurants, they're all feeling the economic pinch.
  It is time to take a proven approach of providing tax relief, 
regulatory relief for families and small businesses, while reducing the 
debt, which is delaying future economic growth.

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