[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, as we mark the anniversary of the so-called 
``stimulus plan,'' Americans want to know: Where are the jobs?
  In my home State of West Virginia, the White House predicted that 
their $800 billion stimulus package would create 20,000 jobs. Sadly, we 
have actually lost over 10,000 jobs. That's bad news for many families. 
If that's not bad enough that the so-called ``stimulus'' isn't living 
up to its promises of new jobs, it's even worse that the policies of 
this administration are actually contributing to job loss in States 
like mine. Cap-and-trade puts an economic target on the backs of States 
like mine, which results in job loss.
  Meanwhile, the President's EPA has continued to hold up mining 
permits across Appalachia, creating an unprecedented sense of 
uncertainty that is already costing mining jobs and is threatening 
thousands more. Further, the EPA is threatening to or is pushing to 
regulate greenhouse gas emissions, which will undoubtedly cost more 
thousands of jobs in our State.
  Mr. Speaker, my constituents may have thought their tax dollars were 
going to be used to fund the stimulus to result in jobs, but I join 
them in asking: Where are the jobs?

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