On the recordNovember 3, 2011
It's actually 22. Our work today on the floor put the forgotten 15 to a number of 22. I don't know if you're ready for us to start this discussion, but I would just like to read a couple of words. We have all been carrying around ``Where are the jobs?'' Everybody has theirs, I'm sure, in their pocket to remind the people of the United States of America of exactly these bills and what we have done to reduce regulatory burdens to allow for offshore drilling. The list goes on and on. And even today, the Access to Capital and Entrepreneur Access to Capital was right here on the floor just minutes ago. But I found myself looking at the thesaurus, looking for a good word for ``forgotten'' because now we're at 22. Instead of picking a great ``T'' word, although there is one and I'll get back to that in a minute, we can look at words like ``abandoned,'' ``blanked out,'' ``blotted out,'' ``omitted,'' ``left behind,'' ``drew a blank,'' but the best one is ``slipped one's mind.'' I think as Americans we have to ask ourselves what's on the minds of those in the Democrat majority in the Senate, because if they were to get out and travel around their district and look into the eyes of the people who are without jobs, who can't put food on the table, who are struggling to make ends meet, I think it might slip them right back into reality. The President is saying over and over and over again, We can't wait. Yet now we've got the tardy 22. These bills need to be voted on by the Senate.…
