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On the recordJuly 1, 2010
It is not we Republicans who are rewriting history. It is our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I will point out once again that Republicans were in charge of the Congress during 6 of the 8 years of Mr. Clinton's administration, and that is when we had the job growth--when Republicans were making the policy here. Mr. Obama did promise to create the jobs. He promised that unemployment would not go above 8 percent. He made lots of promises. As far as I've been able to see, none of the good ones have been kept.
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The speaker addresses job growth and broken promises related to unemployment during the Obama administration.

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