On the recordAugust 2, 2010
Democrats have dedicated this work period, as in every work period, to jobs, putting the unemployed back to work, helping small businesses grow and saving jobs hanging in the balance. I am disappointed in my friend, the Republican leader, who has denigrated the work we have done and tried to do. Remember, because of the policies of the prior administration, 8 million jobs were lost. There is no dispute about that. In the last 6 months George Bush was President, we lost 3 million jobs. The economic recovery package--or the stimulus bill, as it is known--has created or saved at least 3 million jobs. That doesn't make up for the 8 million that were lost, but it is a step in the right direction. Talk to anyone in the State of Nevada or any other State about the money in this recovery act that helped teachers. The reason there weren't huge layoffs last year is because of that bill.
