Bill Clinton: “I also rise today to offer an amendment that is a sense of the Senate on an issue I spoke briefly about on the floor…”

“I also rise today to offer an amendment that is a sense of the Senate on an issue I spoke briefly about on the floor yesterday. I know the majority leader and several others touched on it this morning. It is regarding the issue of jobs and the administration's economic policies. This sense-of-the-Senate amendment is on an issue that is of critical importance to New Yorkers and all Americans, the loss of jobs in our country. We have lost 2.2 million jobs since the beginning of this administration. This sense of the Senate is not about cutting or raising taxes; it is about protecting the jobs that Americans have today, because these 2.2 million people are not statistics; they are factory workers, office workers, laborers, engineers, radiologists-- people holding down jobs in every sector of the economy throughout our Nation. Why are they losing jobs? Because this administration has failed to provide the leadership or put forth an economic plan that inspires confidence in our markets and inspires investments by our companies in the United States.”