On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the same question which Americans are asking all over our great country, which is: Where are the jobs? We still face almost 10 percent unemployment at the national level and a totally unacceptable 11.8 percent unemployment rate in my home State of Florida. It is truly astounding that even the administration's latest budget estimates project that the national unemployment rate will still be near 10 percent for yet another year. It is time that Americans of all backgrounds and parties say, yes, we can do better than this. It is time for the President and Congress to take a proven approach for tax relief for working families and small businesses while doing everything that we can to reduce the growing Federal debt, which is holding up further economic growth. We must do better so we no longer have to ask ``Where are the jobs?'' for yet another year. ____________________
