Peter Roskam’s Short Remarks on Where America Should/Could Be – “Just Imagine”

A bit more from Congressman Peter Roskam, who, unless the Democrats’ re-apportionment map is overturned, will represent the Algonquin Township part of McHenry County after the 2012 elections:

Roskam: Imagine How Much Stronger our Economy Would Be if the House-Passed Jobs Bills Became Law

“Just imagine what things could be like if those were called up, passed, and signed into law. Our economy would be game on. We would be roaring forward and we wouldn’t be having a conversation stumbling around unemployment in the mid-eights.”

WASHINGTON – Chief Deputy Majority Whip Peter Roskam (IL-06) gave the following remarks at the GOP leadership press conference about November’s unemployment numbers.

Transcript:

“The question isn’t really, where are we today?

“The question is, where should we be? Remember the Obama Administration promised the American public that if the stimulus bill passed, right now we would be under six and half percent unemployment.

“And instead we’re over eight and a half unemployment.

“So think about the remedies, think about the opportunity moving forward.

“As has been previously mentioned, over twenty bills are pending – jobs bill that are pending – in the United States Senate.

“Just imagine what things could be like if those were called up, passed, and signed into law.

“Our economy would be game on. We would be roaring forward and we wouldn’t be having a conversation stumbling around unemployment in the mid-eights.”


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