[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 24 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         AN EASY MATH EQUATION

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss the positive 
economic news that continues to pour in. These new numbers demonstrate 
that Republicans' pro-growth economic policies are working.
  January's unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, which is the lowest 
monthly rate since 2001, and lower than the average of the 1970s, 
1980s, and 1990s. There have been 29 consecutive months of job gains. 
The economy has created over 2 million jobs over the past 12 months.
  Real household net worth is at $51.1 trillion, an all-time high. And 
finally the Commerce Department just reported that the GDP grew at a 
1.6 percent rate in the fourth quarter, up from an original estimate of 
1.1 percent.
  This encouraging economic news is proof that lower taxes, plus 
restrained Federal spending, equals economic growth. However, this is a 
math equation that Democrats just cannot seem to grasp. Perhaps it is 
because they keep trying to substitute new variables: taxing plus 
spending will never equal economic growth and prosperity.
  However, the Republican formula of lower taxes plus restrained 
Federal spending will always come out in favor of the American 
taxpayers and their checkbooks.




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