[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                INTERIM RESULTS OF CLINTON ECONOMIC PLAN

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton economic plan promised change. 
Here is the change. The Clinton Congress has increased poverty. Yes, 
the number of Americans living in poverty increased to 39.3 million 
last year. That is 15.1 percent of the population, up from 14.8 percent 
of the population in 1992, the last year under President Bush. In fact, 
poverty has not been this high since the early 1980's, before the 
Reagan economic recovery took hold and brought us better times.
  But wait. The news gets worse. Income is down. In 1989 under George 
Bush, median household income was over $33,000. Today it is a whopping 
$2,300 less.
  The Clinton Congress was going to help women in the workplace. Well, 
for female workers median wages dropped from $22,000 in 1992 to $21,700 
in 1993. The U.S. worker, man or woman, and the American family, cannot 
take too much more of the Clinton Congress and the Clinton 
administration. America is getting poorer and the American middle class 
is going broke.

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