Senate Proceeding on Oct 28th, 2009 :: 5:12:30 to 5:17:40
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5:12:22 to 5:12:30( Edit History Discussion )

Lamar Alexander: but the senator is exactly correct. the number-one issue for most americans is what to do about jobs.

5:12:30 to 5:17:40( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Jon Kyl

5:12:31 to 5:12:53( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: unemployment is about -- at the rate of mr. kyl: so if i could further inquire, the way -- the first thing we want to do is find out how much this unemployment compensation is go to cost. i think th billion. the second thing we wanted to find out is, how is it going to be paid for? and my understanding is, it is proposed to be paid for by a

5:12:54 to 5:13:14( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: continuation of a tax on payroll payroll. employees will have to pay a certain percentage of the employees' pages to the federal government in order to provide funds to those who are unemployed. and some of us are concerned

5:13:15 to 5:13:35( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: that if our goal here is to put people back companies to hire that the worst thing you want to do is impose another tax on hiring, another tax on employees, or to -- to be totally accurate, to extend the existing tax on workers, on

5:13:36 to 5:13:56( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: payroll, as a way of paying for the extension of unemployment benefits. and that perhaps a better way to pay example, to take the billion oust unspent and were like $780-some half of which isn't going to be

5:13:57 to 5:14:17( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: sphents for the nt eight years -- spent for the next eight years or over the period of the next eight years and one of the amendments that we wanted to offer was not just to extend unemployment benefits but to pay for it in a way that wouldn't harm job c contemplated under the bill. am i correct in that? mr. alexander: the senator is correct.

5:14:18 to 5:14:39( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: and committee, he's once again come up with a very good suggestion. he understands better than some appear to that if you add taxes to payrolls, it makes it more likely the payrolls will be smaller or there'll be fewer so if we could find a way to pay for unemployment compensation that doesn't add to the debt and

5:14:40 to 5:15:00( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: doesn't add to payroll taxes, that's worth taking a little time to do. mr. kyl: i'll just close my point here. the whole point, when collea obt other side of the aisle -- friends of ours on the other side of republicans are trying to slow this down, the answer is, no, we

5:15:01 to 5:15:21( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: could have been done with this bill 2 all that was nessary was a simple agreement between majority leader and the minority leader that the minority would get a couple of of which is an amendment to say let's pay for this in a more sensible way with respect to job creation, at least in a way that isn't going to cost us jobs, to

5:15:22 to 5:15:42( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: prevent employers from hiring more let's pay for it by taking some of those unobligated stimulus funds that wouldn't be spent for another six or seven years and achieve our goa in that way. but, no, no agreement to do that. the majority says no amendments. take it or leave it. and if you ask for amendments,

5:15:43 to 5:16:03( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: then you're slowing the progsz down and -- process down and somehow standing in the way of those who are unemployed. the benefits haven't run out yet. we're going to pass this before the benefits run out. that's not the question. you can either come down here and make a pitch to people to make it sound like you're really trying to help them and the other side is not, or you can try to do things the right way.

5:16:04 to 5:16:26( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: and i submit that on ts the right way is to pay for it in a way that doesn't cost jobs, because our goal here ought to be to put people back i would also say really were serious, if the majority were really serious about getting this legislation completed,hey would not in middle of the process have parachuted on to the floor a bill that around here was called

5:16:27 to 5:16:47( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: the doc fix, a most unfortunate term, a bill that was going to add $250 billion to our debt in relationship to the reimbursement of physicians who provide medicare benefits. the minority didn't do that. republicans didn't do that. my point is that a week ago we

5:16:48 to 5:17:08( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: could have had an agreement to conclude work on the extension of unemployment benefits. it would have taken 24 hours, maybe 48 at the most. we would have had benefit of voting on a couple of amendments directly relating to the subject, germane amendments. but for some reason the majority has not seen fit to happen. so as friends around the country consider here, what's the reason

5:17:09 to 5:17:29( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: here for this being slowed down, i would hope there would be a better appreciation of the reason why this has been delayed. a, we didn't ask for the delay. the delay was occasioned by action by the majority leader by, first of all, going to another bill. and then, secondly, by filing cloture. and, third, by not agreeing to allow the minority to have a couple of amendments.

5:17:30 to 5:17:40( Edit History Discussion )

Jon Kyl: finally, i would say i wish we did have that opportunity because i think when we do support this, it would be a better bill by not only taking care of those who find themselves without a job today,