[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE ECONOMY

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, mistaken policies, misplaced priorities, 
and profound irresponsibility have brought us where we are today. 
President Obama and this Congress are committed to real change. And 
what is that change? We propose solutions, real solutions. An honest 
budget, rejecting gimmicks, and eliminating the wasteful spending that 
has brought us to this trillion dollar deficit that we now have today.
  What the American people need are tax cuts, and 95 percent of 
Americans will now receive a tax cut. What do the American people need? 
A double commitment of the investment of Pell grants, of looking at a 
commitment to Head Start, and so many of the other vital areas.
  When we look at this Congress, we are committed to fixing health 
care, not to be a party of ``no,'' but to say that we are going to 
address what is happening for struggling homeowners.
  The American Recovery Act addressed and is helping us to bring 
forward 3.5 million jobs to help stabilize the State budgets and to dig 
us out of this fiscal mess that we inherited over the last 8 years.
  We can recover, we must recover, because as Americans, failure is not 
an option.

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