Washington, DC – Today, Congressman K. Michael Conaway issued the following statement regarding the October unemployment report.
“When the Democrats' $1 trillion stimulus passed over deep conservative objections, President Obama promised unemployment would be 6.5 percent by today and 5.5 percent by Election Day 2012. In reality, national unemployment has been nine percent or higher for 28 of the last 30 months. My Republican colleagues and I opposed this bill because we knew that government spending cannot create employment.
“More recently, President Obama has been touting a new campaign slogan, “we can’t wait.” One of the few things I agree with the President on is that with more than 14 million people out of work, Americans cannot wait.
"For the past year, House Republicans have worked to remove the barriers inhibiting our job creators to succeed. Since January, the House has passed 22 bipartisan jobs bills that remain shelved in the Senate. Instead of wasting more time on public demagoguery, the President should push Leader Reid to demand the Senate begin voting on the 22 jobs bills waiting for action.“
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