Hilda L. Solis: “What these figures portray here is, as the gentlewoman and I know, and as the gentlewoman from Florida stated earlier…”

“What these figures portray here is, as the gentlewoman and I know, and as the gentlewoman from Florida stated earlier, large segments of our communities, service employees in the airline industry, lost many jobs. They did not receive one penny of that bail-out that was passed by this House. I, too, did not vote for that legislation because I knew that the workers were not going to receive any type of benefit. According to this chart, it says in transportation alone over 137,291 jobs were lost in that sector alone. In the hospitality, tourism, and entertainment industry we lost 135,783 jobs. Communications and utilities, and I do not think I need to remind folks that in California we were hit pretty hard with our energy crisis. We lost 68,671. This is nationally. In the manufacturing industry, one of the largest segments that has been affected here, 286,717 jobs lost. In retail trade, that is our small businesses, where people are really striving to try to make a difference, we lost 20,000 jobs. In the services, 47,000. In finance, insurance and real estate, 31,000. In public administration, over 12,000 jobs. Other jobs, 82,000 jobs.”