Rep. Rooney Speaks About Creating Jobs

Transcription: (Mr. ROONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. ROONEY . Mr. Speaker, 3 million Americans have lost their jobs since the Democratic stimulus plan passed. It was supposed to create 4 million jobs. National unemployment was at 8 percent when the stimulus passed, and now it's approaching 10 percent. In Florida, in my district, it's over 11 percent, and even in St. Lucie County, it exceeds 15 percent unemployment.

Now is not the time for partisan bickering but, rather, for bipartisan solutions. That's why I've joined with Democrat and fellow freshman John Boccieri from Ohio to introduce a bill to get Americans back to work.

This week, we're introducing the Back to Work Tax Credit Act, a commonsense bill to expand the current work opportunity tax credit to the long-term unemployed.

The time for action is now. My neighbors in Florida and all over America deserve real solutions from Washington, not just talk and further inaction.

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