[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?

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, last week the State of Ohio announced that 
its unemployment rate for June was 10.5 percent. Every county in my 
district saw an increase, and in some areas it's higher than 14 
percent. And that's before taking into account those people that have 
given up looking for work and the underemployed. No wonder my 
constituents continually ask, ``Where are the jobs?''
  Business leaders in my district and around the country continue to 
say the same thing. We need to stop this reckless spending in 
Washington and stop pursuing job-killing policies. When businesses are 
faced with new taxes to cover the government takeover of health care, 
the uncertainty of cap-and-trade tax legislation, and the litany of 
other taxes, how are they expected to hire new workers and reinvest in 
their business?
  I am gravely concerned about the direction this Congress is taking 
with our economy. The reckless spending has to stop, and the massive 
debt which we are saddling our children and grandchildren with is 
unconscionable. It is time to put sound fiscal policies in place. Let's 
spend less, keep taxes low, and help create an environment in which 
small businesses can thrive. Only then in Ohio can we finally say, 
``Here come the jobs.''

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