Sherrod Brown: “the numbers are out again. Ohio and most of the rest of the country continue to lose manufacturing jobs. One out of six…”

“the numbers are out again. Ohio and most of the rest of the country continue to lose manufacturing jobs. One out of six manufacturing jobs in my State has disappeared since President Bush took office. The President's solution and the solution for our government continue to be the same: more tax cuts and trickle-down economics tax cuts for the most privileged in our country with the hope that maybe some will trickle down and create jobs. That has not worked, or more trade agreements like NAFTA which ship jobs overseas, which does not work. The President refuses to extend unemployment compensation benefits to millions of Americans, literally over a million Americans who have had their unemployment benefits run out in the last 4 months; and the President refuses to extend those. Madam Speaker, we should extend unemployment benefits, we should pass employment agreements that create jobs, and instead of tax cuts for the wealthy, we should do focused tax cuts that reward those manufacturers that create jobs in this country.”