[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 91 (Thursday, July 14, 1994)]
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                   AN ``A'' FOR DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, the midsession economic review is in and 
I am happy to say that the economic plan put forward by President 
Clinton and passed by the Democrats in Congress got an ``A.''
  Unemployment for the month of June is at 6 percent--down more than a 
full percentage point from last year. Now, 6,398 private sector jobs 
are being created every day. In the first 17 months of the Clinton 
administration, 3.8 million jobs have been created, compared to only 
2.4 million jobs during the entire previous 4 years.
  The deficit is down and continuing to fall. The deficit is projected 
at 2.5 percent of gross domestic product in 1997, down from 4.9 percent 
in 1992. And, for the first time since Harry Truman was in the White 
House, the deficit will be cut 3 years in a row.
  Government spending has been cut, and the Government work force will 
be reduced by over 200,000 jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, under the Democratic policy the people are clearly 
better off today because of the economic plan. We must now build on 
that success and pass real health care reform that provides universal 
coverage and controls costs.

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