[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Mr. President, where are the jobs? You spent nearly $1 
trillion on a stimulus bill that failed. Now you want to spend another 
$450 billion on another stimulus bill. This is simply repeating the 
same action and expecting a different outcome.
  Solyndra is an example of the waste and failure of your stimulus 
bill. This company in the solar industry is a crony of your 
administration. Solyndra's backers were friends of your Presidential 
campaign, and the company received friendly treatment from your 
administration. Solyndra was supposed to create green jobs, but now 
more than a thousand are laid off. They got a $535 million taxpayer-
subsidized loan, but they are now bankrupt and their officers are 
taking the Fifth Amendment.
  We must help the American economy create jobs by freeing job creators 
from regulations that stifle growth, expand production of competitive 
and affordable energy, stop threatening job creators with higher taxes, 
and stop wasting taxpayers' money.
  Mr. Speaker, no more Solyndras.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their 
remarks to the Chair.

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