[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14098]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       FAILED RECOVERY POLICIES MAKE NEARLY 15 MILLION UNEMPLOYED

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, 18 months into this administration, one 
thing is clear: the economic policies of this administration and this 
liberal Democratic Congress have failed. Nearly 15 million Americans 
are unemployed. Unemployment hovers near a heart-breaking 10 percent; 
and after months of runaway spending, bailouts and takeovers, 
Washington Democrats are now poised to add tax increases to their 
agenda.
  The American people are starting to realize that unless this Congress 
acts, every single income tax bracket will increase on January 1, 2011, 
every single one. This weekend Treasury Secretary Geithner actually 
said ``The country can withstand that. I think it's good policy.''
  Really? Fifteen million Americans unemployed and this administration 
defines good policy as what the country can withstand? The country 
cannot withstand more spending, more borrowing, more bailouts, or more 
taxes; and House Republicans will fight this tax increase with 
everything we have got.

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