On the recordOctober 25, 2011
Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are welcome to their own opinions but not welcome to create the facts. When the Democrats took over the Congress 4 years ago, almost 5 years ago now, the unemployment rate was 4.5 percent. It went to over 9 percent since they were in control. The reason the President's so-called jobs bill has not been passed in this House is because the Democrats did not support it. It was introduced by request. What Republicans have done, though, is focus on the task of creating jobs since day one of this session. And I'm glad that President Obama's talking about it too. We will work with the President when he comes up with ideas that work. But so far his proposals have not worked. Notice the stimulus bill that he asked us to pass that would not raise unemployment above 8 percent. He wants to raise taxes on job creators, and all it will do is destroy private sector jobs. ____________________
