[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            TIME TO ``CUT AND GROW'' IN ORDER TO CREATE 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, the unemployment rate for 
the month of May was 9.1 percent. This marks the 28th consecutive month 
that unemployment has been at 8 percent or above. The President said 
unemployment would never reach 8 percent with his economic policies, 
which have sadly failed. Tragically, almost 14 million Americans are 
unemployed and looking for a job. The average job seeker in America has 
been unemployed for almost 40 weeks--almost 10 months.
  This administration and its job-killing policies continue to spend 
and borrow money at a reckless rate without understanding a basic and 
fundamental principle: when the Federal Government borrows money 
wildly, it takes it away from the private sector's ability to create 
jobs. The House Republicans have solutions to promote jobs with the 
``cut and grow'' congressional plan. First, you cut spending and then 
small businesses add jobs. This is the best way for families to get 
back on the path to prosperity.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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