[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 21, 1994]
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                    LET'S FACE IT: THE NEWS IS GOOD

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, sometimes we in Congress need to step up to 
the plate and do hard things. One of the hard things, I recognize, is 
to recognize and note good news. Some folks do not want to recognize 
3.8 million new jobs, some folks do not want to recognize tremendous 
increases in business investment; some folks do not want to recognize a 
reduction in the unemployment rate, for reasons that might be hard to 
understand. But it is important to do so because we have got to 
evaluate the decisions we are making.
  Let me tell you about one decision this administration made to get 
apples into China.

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  Last week the first box of Washington apples arrived in China. We are 
creating jobs in this country, in my districts, and my State as a 
result of the right decisions, and it is time for us to start 
recognizing good news because of good ideas.

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