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On the recordJune 30, 2010
Let's just go through this. Who's side are you on? Democrats supporting jobs and bills. We talked about the Cash for Caulkers and other programs and the jobs bill, every single one of them opposed. No jobs bills. Unemployment insurance. People are losing their unemployment insurance because of the Republican Party. What are they going to do? The economy hasn't come back. They're going to lose their jobs. They're going to lose their home. We're going to start another downward spiral. We talked about the health care effort. Not one Republican voted for the health care bill. Excuse me. One in this House. One Republican voted for the health care bill. Wall Street. We talked about Wall Street reform. Republicans vote against it; the Democrats vote for it. We talk about the Consumer Protection Agency. The Republicans are opposed to it; the Democrats support it. We talk about small business reforms which are in this bill and in other bills. The Republicans consistently vote against small business, the increase of the Small Business Administration. We can go back through the major bills that this House has voted on. The American Recovery Act, known as the stimulus bill, Republicans voted against it. You look at the energy and climate to break our addiction to oil. Democrats vote for it; Republicans vote against it. You look at the Wall Street reform and the Consumer Protection Act. Democrats vote for it; Republicans consistently and in en bloc vote against it.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi criticizes Republican opposition to various job and economic support measures.

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