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The Failed Policies of the Past 6 Months should not be Repeated

Date: July 21, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending


THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE PAST 6 MONTHS SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED -- (House of Representatives - July 21, 2009)

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Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? The President and Speaker Pelosi came to this House early this year and said, if you'll borrow and spend $1.1 trillion, which is the largest spending bill in American history, it's going to save existing jobs and create another 3 million jobs. Well, where are those jobs?

They say, Well, you know, we had to spend that money because we couldn't go to the failed policies of the past and repeat those. Well, they would like to rewrite history. But the fact is, in 2003, this Congress passed one of the largest tax cuts on small businesses in America in our history, and it was followed by over 50 months of consecutive job growth, the largest consecutive period of time of expansion of jobs in American history.

I would suggest to you, the only failed policies of the past that we shouldn't repeat are the failed policies of the past 6 months.

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