On the recordMay 9, 2003
common sense tells you the best thing we can do to balance the budget and pay down our debt is to get people back to work, because when you are not working, you are not paying Federal taxes, you are not paying into Social Security, you are not helping States balance their budget. In my home State of Texas, the President's job bill will create 42,000 new jobs each year. That is the equivalent of taking the Pentagon, the world's largest office building, building it in Texas and filling it each and every year with new Texas workers. This is real jobs at a time when we need it the most. And with so many new jobs waiting to occur, we ought not wait another day to get this to the President's desk.
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