When the liberal Democrat extremists took control of the Congress in 2007, the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, and when Republicans took back control of the House in January of 2011, the unemployment rate had jumped to 9 percent. Under liberal Democrat control, 6.9 million Americans became unemployed. So now we have 13.9 million unemployed Americans who have been ignored by the liberals in Washington. Higher taxes, record spending, and bigger government have failed to create jobs or boost economic growth. Put simply, this economy is growing too slowly to replace the millions of jobs lost. GDP growth in the first quarter of 2011 fell to 1.8 percent; in the second quarter it was 1.3 percent. The failure of the President's runaway spending, deficits and debt is being felt by every family struggling to put food on the table and pay their mortgage. Instead of expanding the size of government, Republicans in Washington are committed to a pro-growth economic agenda that will put America back to work. And I urge people to go to America's job creators, jobs.gop.gov, to see the plan Republicans have to create jobs. We've passed over 20 bills that have gone to the Senate, and no action is being taken on them. ____________________
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