[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 20, 1994]
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  HIGH MARKS FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON AND DEMOCRAT SUPPORTERS IN CONGRESS

  (Ms. DeLauro asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLauro. Mr. Speaker, as we all remember, the 1992 Presidential 
election turned on one central issue: the economy. Candidate Bill 
Clinton made the economy the centerpiece of his campaign and promised 
to make it the centerpiece of his administration.
  Last week, 18 months into his Presidency, the President received his 
first report card on the administration's economic program and it 
included high marks across the board. The President's budget that 
Congress passed last year--without the help of a single Republican 
vote--has put our economy back on track.
  We have cut spending and the bureaucracy. Spending is projected to be 
lower in the Clinton administration than during either the Bush and 
Reagan administrations. We have lowered the deficit for 3 years running 
for the first time since Harry Truman was in the White House.
  We've created jobs--6,398 private sector jobs a day. And, we have 
also cut taxes for 15 million Americans through the earned income tax 
credit.
  Yes, there is still work to be done. But, for President Clinton and 
Democrats in Congress who stood by him, the news is good. The economic 
program is working. We are creating jobs, lowering the deficit, cutting 
spending, and cutting taxes. And, we are keeping our pledge to middle-
class Americans to make Government work for them again.

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