1/18/12 Republican Leadership Press Conference
Republican Leadership Press Conference
January 18, 2012
Participants:
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Conference Vice Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Chairman Hensarling:
“Three years ago this month, the president was inaugurated. We were told that if we passed his stimulus plan, the economy would improve. We were told that if we passed his health care plan, the economy would prove. We were told that if we passed the Dodd-Frank Act, the economy would improve. Three years later, millions more have lost their jobs, unemployment remains mired at eight to nine percent, we have more Americans on food stamps than at any time in our history, and as our Whip said, new business start-ups are at about a 15-16 year low.
“Regardless of the president’s good intentions, regardless of the president’s motivations, his policies have failed the American people. It is a new year; it is time for new policies. We would ask the Democratic Majority Leader of the Senate and the President of the United States to let our jobs bills pass.”
###
For additional information, contact:
House Republican Conference Press Office (conferencepress@mail.house.gov)
