Sam Brownback actually said...

Proponents of the stimulus claimed that it would prevent the unemployment rate from rising above 8% or 9%, and yet it is already at 9.8%.

Brownback points out the failure of the stimulus to keep unemployment below projected levels.

10/28/2009

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Thank you Chairwoman Maloney for arranging today's hearing and thank you Chairman Bernanke for testifying today about the economic outlook.

We are adding trillions of deficit-financed Federal government spending, which adds trillions to our Nation's debt.

I believe that the last things we want to do is raise taxes and add uncertainty to the economic and financial environments.

Taxes on anyone earning over $250,000, including someone running a small business, will go up.