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New Direction for America

Floor Speech

Date: May 19, 2010
Location: Washington, DC

Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, research by USA Today shows Americans are paying the lowest tax rates since the 1950s. On May 7, the Department of Labor reported that 290,000 jobs were added in April, a larger than expected increase and the largest gain since March of 2006.

This is the fourth consecutive month of job growth with 573,000 jobs added since December. In March, sales of new homes surged nearly 27 percent to 411,000 annual rate. Over the last 3 months, we have added an average of 187,000 per month.

Democrats' action on jobs resulted in the HIRE Act, a bipartisan bill to create 300,000 jobs with tax incentives for businesses that hire unemployed Americans, and the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act which has given incentives for new jobs.


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