WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN-05) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that the unemployment rate hit 10.2% in October, the highest rate of unemployment in 26 years:
"Earlier this year, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and the Democrat Party insisted that the trillion dollar 'Stimulus' package would prevent the unemployment rate from breaching 8%. Now, as the unemployment rate has run into double-digits at 10.2%, they are scratching and clawing to spend trillions more on programs like government-run health care.
"The President and his party have lost sight of what's most important, and that's jobs. Instead of obsessing over this highly controversial health care package, they should take a step back, re-evaluate the overall impact of their reckless spending, and find a new, bipartisan strategy for restoring America's economy."
