On the recordJuly 22, 2010
I believe we need private sector money given to private sector government given to private people, not more public jobs. And that's what the other side continues to argue. But I will tell you that Members on both sides, both sides of the aisle are trying to help the unemployed. But what the argument here is, do we continue to add $34 billion to the $13 trillion in debt that we now have here in this country. And that's the argument. And if you want to ask another question, how do you plan on paying for it, there was a rule. There was an opportunity for the Rules Committee to pay for this. How often is the left and how often is the majority party saying that the unemployment is a stimulus to this economy? That's great. And if you want to go down that road, what I would argue is then take the stimulus dollars that are unused and use it to pay for these unemployment benefits. You can do it. You can do it. It's not that you can't do it; it's that you won't do it. And that makes no sense. I had that substitute amendment in the Rules Committee. Of course it failed. I think it's unfortunate. What we're doing here today is that we're going to pass this bill. I'm going to vote against the rule. I will vote for the bill, but I'm voting against the rule. And the problem with this is we're going to pass this bill and what we're going to do is we're going to go on a 6-week vacation.
