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Pete Sessions: “What they are really saying is pretty simple: Don't use this electricity; sit in the dark. Don't go create something…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2007
What they are really saying is pretty simple: Don't use this electricity; sit in the dark. Don't go create something that is good or better, don't find a way to have less emissions; go and tax things. ... I don't know if the gentleman heard or not, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new job figures of 110,000 net new jobs in September. September 2007 is the 49th consecutive month of job growth, setting a new record for the longest uninterrupted expansion of the U.S. labor market.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the Republican agenda and job growth during a speech on the House floor.

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