[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16080]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HOUSE REPUBLICAN JOBS PLAN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle 
are welcome to their own opinions but not welcome to create the facts.
  When the Democrats took over the Congress 4 years ago, almost 5 years 
ago now, the unemployment rate was 4.5 percent. It went to over 9 
percent since they were in control.
  The reason the President's so-called jobs bill has not been passed in 
this House is because the Democrats did not support it. It was 
introduced by request.
  What Republicans have done, though, is focus on the task of creating 
jobs since day one of this session. And I'm glad that President Obama's 
talking about it too. We will work with the President when he comes up 
with ideas that work. But so far his proposals have not worked. Notice 
the stimulus bill that he asked us to pass that would not raise 
unemployment above 8 percent.
  He wants to raise taxes on job creators, and all it will do is 
destroy private sector jobs.

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