[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      AMERICAN FAMILIES NEED JOBS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this morning's 
announcement of an increase in the unemployment rate indicates yet 
again that the President's economic policies are failing American 
families. The out-of-control spending is killing small business job 
creation.
  Sadly, more than 14 million people are still without jobs, and the 
average price of gasoline is almost $4 a gallon. The President pledged 
to reduce unemployment to 8 percent and failed. He pledged to skyrocket 
energy costs and he succeeded. This is a failure of leadership on job 
creation and gas cost. American families are at risk.
  Earlier this week, the President asked Congress to increase the debt 
limit by $2.4 trillion with no meaningful reforms. Reforms are needed 
because American families need jobs. The President's request was 
defeated in a bipartisan vote.
  House Republicans presented the ``Cut and Grow'' congressional plan. 
It's a commonsense plan: first cut spending, then the economy will 
grow. That's how to create jobs.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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