[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 62 (Thursday, May 12, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          THE GROWING ECONOMY

  (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that we are 
experiencing a growing economy in this country, a growing economy which 
creates jobs. Figures just released show that 274,000 additional jobs 
were created in this economy this last month. That is 274,000 families 
that are better off because they are working. They have also revised 
the figures to show that 93,000 additional jobs were created in 
February and March.
  I participated in a needs assessment in Midland, Texas, back in the 
early 1990s, a process about figuring out what was going on within 
those communities. We came up with the top 10 needs that the folks in 
Midland, Texas, told them about. Nine of those top 10 needs would have 
been positively impacted by a job. And so we have now created 274,000 
jobs.
  The economy grew at 3.1 percent during the first quarter of this 
year. We continue to experience a growing economy led by the pro-growth 
policies of this administration and this House and this Senate.

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