[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13948]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                              THE ECONOMY

  (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, the President has repeatedly boasted that 
last month the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest it 
has been in nearly 5 years.
  Mr. Speaker, although the rate has fallen, for many it is not because 
they've found jobs but, rather, because they've stopped looking for one 
and left the job market altogether.
  While the President has concentrated on this figure, other numbers 
simply cannot be ignored. There are still too many areas of the country 
where unemployment is far higher.
  For example, in four of the nine counties which I represent in North 
Carolina, the unemployment rate is in double digits, and so is the 
national unemployment rate for folks 13 to 24 years old.
  Mr. Speaker, we should be doing what we can do to get people back to 
work and lighten their economic burden. Through increased taxes and 
regulations and overreaching health care law, this administration has 
done exactly the opposite and has continued to play politics rather 
than promote pro-growth policies.

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