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On the recordJuly 22, 2010
This is the eighth time this unemployment benefit insurance is extended. I think that, in and of itself, speaks for the failure of the economic policies. Secondly, a massive tax increase in the face of economic uncertainty is only going to hurt economic growth and job creation, and on our side of the aisle, we'll work to find the offset to avoiding these tax increases on the American people. And finally, I just want to point out that private sector growth in the year 2010, the rate of private sector growth has actually been slower than what we saw in the Great Depression.
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Charles Boustany
Republican · Louisiana
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Jul 22, 2010

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The speaker addresses the extension of unemployment benefits and critiques economic policies.

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