Wilson: Congress Has a Case of Misplaced Priorities

November 6, 2009

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy lost 190,000 jobs in October, raising the unemployment rate to 10.2%:

“Speaker Pelosi told the American people that the so-called stimulus bill would immediately create jobs and keep unemployment under eight percent. Yet today we see that unemployment has now topped 10 percent with 2.8 million jobs lost since the misnamed stimulus was signed into law.

“Despite these staggering numbers, Speaker Pelosi continues to push a job-killing health care takeover. Clearly, Congress has a case of misplaced priorities.

“In these tough economic times, lawmakers should be working across the aisle on bipartisan solutions to give our economy the economic jolt it needs. I encourage my colleagues to come together to offer tax relief to small businesses and families and offer incentive-based relief for job creators,” said Congressman Joe Wilson.

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