On the recordDecember 3, 2010
I don't think there is anybody here in this Chamber or any Senator from any State who doesn't acknowledge that we have a big problem right now with 9.8 percent unemployment. We have a lot of things on which we agree in the Senate. We have a lot of things on which we disagree. I think the one thing we agree on is that 9.8 percent unemployment is unacceptable. I think the thing we disagree on is how we get that unemployment rate down. How do we create jobs? How do we get people in this country back to work? There has been a lot of discussion about various issues that might be dealt with here in the Senate before the end of the year, most of which don't deal with this fundamental issue. The fundamental issue that is important to most Americans--and I have heard many of my colleagues get up and talk about people who are hurting. They are hurting. We are going into a holiday season with a lot of people unemployed, and with the numbers that came out this morning, that number got worse.
