[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?

  (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, I rise today to ask the same question 
which Americans are asking all over our great country, which is: Where 
are the jobs?
  We still face almost 10 percent unemployment at the national level 
and a totally unacceptable 11.8 percent unemployment rate in my home 
State of Florida. It is truly astounding that even the administration's 
latest budget estimates project that the national unemployment rate 
will still be near 10 percent for yet another year.
  It is time that Americans of all backgrounds and parties say, yes, we 
can do better than this. It is time for the President and Congress to 
take a proven approach for tax relief for working families and small 
businesses while doing everything that we can to reduce the growing 
Federal debt, which is holding up further economic growth. We must do 
better so we no longer have to ask ``Where are the jobs?'' for yet 
another year.

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