House Republicans Hold Press Conference on Monthly Jobs Report and House-Passed Jobs Bills Waiting for Senate Action
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House Republicans Hold Press Conference on Monthly Jobs Report and House-Passed Jobs Bills Waiting for Senate Action
July 8, 2011
Participants:
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL)
Congresswoman Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO)
Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Chairman Hensarling:
“Another month, and another disappointing jobs report. 29 straight months of 8 percent-plus unemployment, when the president told us if we passed his stimulus plan, we would never have unemployment above 8 percent. The president always tells us he inherited a bad situation. I can see the point, but he has made it worse. After 2 ½ years it is time for him to take responsibility, and to answer the question, ‘Where are the jobs?’
“If the president’s stimulus programs, tax increases, and class warfare rhetoric created jobs in America, we would be the most highly employed society in the history of civilization. Clearly we are not. House Republicans have passed jobs bill, after jobs bill, after jobs bill that would help create the confidence necessary for job creators to create jobs. Yet, they languish in the United States Senate, a body that is very good at meeting; a body not so good at acting.
“House Republicans’ Plan for America’s Job Creators is all about ending the era of trillion dollar deficits, all about making the tax code fairer, flatter, and simpler, while killing off job-killing regulations, and ensuring that we can have American energy, made in America, for Americans.”
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For additional information, contact:
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