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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
219 liberals on the other side of the aisle may have passed a government health care takeover, but the American people still have a voice to tell their lawmakers to repeal these job-killing mandates and finally focus on job creation proposals. Congress spent the better part of an entire year obsessed with cutting deals for a health care takeover full of tax increases and mandates while unemployment increased by over 3 million people. Let me repeat. For months, 219 lawmakers ignored the clear message that the American people sent about this job-killing takeover--that they didn't want it--and after arm twisting, proceeded to ram it through anyway. When is Congress going to get it right? The American people want us to be debating job creation policies. They want to know when private sector jobs will be created, instead of 16,500 more IRS government jobs that this health care takeover will create. It's high time we give the people some answers for jobs. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September 11th in the Global War on Terrorism.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 24, 2010

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The speaker criticizes the passage of a health care bill and emphasizes the need for job creation.

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