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Where Are The Jobs

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 9, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Economy and Fiscal

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in January, President Obama and congressional Democrats promised spending another trillion dollars would create jobs immediately and that unemployment would not rise above 8 percent. Almost 1 year later, millions of Americans are still plagued by unemployment and many are struggling to make ends meet. In October, 190,000 jobs were lost and more than 2.8 million jobs have been lost since the so-called stimulus was signed by President Obama.

The American people continue to ask, Where are the jobs? I can safely say the answer lies in the House Republican economic recovery plan. Our plan provides targeted tax relief for working families and small businesses. Just as American families must improve their economic situations through fiscal discipline, so, too, must this Congress.

House Republicans are passionately committed to creating jobs and getting the American people back to work.


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