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On the recordJune 15, 2011
Mr. Speaker, we found out last week that new business creation is at a 17-year low, and Americans are asking, Mr. President, where are the jobs? Unemployment has now languished at the highest level since the Great Depression, and Americans are asking, Mr. President, where are the jobs? One in seven families is now on food stamps, and Americans are asking, Mr. President, where are the jobs? The Bureau of Labor Statistics released that the time it takes to get a new job is at an all-time high, and Americans are asking, Mr. President, where are the jobs? House Republicans have a plan for America's job creators to put the Nation on a fiscally sustainable path to restore confidence, to make our Tax Code competitive, and to take the burden of regulation off our job creators so that American workers can get the paychecks they need and deserve. ____________________
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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