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Lamar Smith: Here is the state of the Union: Unemployment remains almost 10 percent. Sixteen million people have lost their jobs.…

On the recordMay 11, 2010
Here is the state of the Union: Unemployment remains almost 10 percent. Sixteen million people have lost their jobs. Taxes are going up. The health care bill costs $300 billion more than the American people were told. The Nation's deficit has doubled in the last year because of excessive government spending. Our foreign policy also has run a deficit. The world is a more dangerous place today. Iran is closer to making a nuclear bomb. We have insulted our allies--Western Europe and Israel. There is no victory in Iraq or Afghanistan. It's time for a change all right. We need a bipartisan balance in Washington, not a one-party monopoly.
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas
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May 11, 2010

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The speaker addresses the state of the economy and foreign policy challenges.

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