[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11865]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       LOSS OF JOBS IS A FAILURE

  (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, an alarming admission has 
shown itself in the June unemployment report. For the 49th time in 50 
months, there are more people dropping out of the job search than those 
who have found a new job. More people are giving up than succeeding. 
This reveals the real unemployment rate as 11.2 percent, not the 
claimed 6.1 percent.
  Hardworking Americans are suffering by losing jobs at the hand of a 
failed jobs policy--at the hand of President Obama and his pen. A sad 
revelation of the President's failure is that now 14 million more 
Americans have depended on food stamps under his failed policies since 
he was elected. The definition of ``success'' is having a job and not 
being forced to depend on food stamps.
  House Republicans will continue working to create jobs by passing 
legislation that puts Americans back to work in good-paying 
opportunities. Over 40 jobs bills have passed the House, but are now 
stuck in the Senate.
  When more Americans give up jobs than succeed, it is a problem. When 
it happens that many times in a row, it is a tragic failure.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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