[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H197-H198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, how soon we forget.
  It's instructive to recall where we were 9 years ago. We had created 
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million new jobs; we were at peace throughout the world. In fact, we 
had a projected surplus of $5.6 trillion. By this time, we would have 
paid off our debt. Instead, after 8 years of Republican control of all 
three branches of government, 8 years later, we had $12 trillion of 
debt; we were engaged in two wars; health care costs were strangling 
our families and businesses. In fact, we were losing 700,000 jobs a 
month.
  One year later, that job loss has been cut by 90 percent. We have a 
health care reform bill that will enable all American families to have 
affordable health care at less cost. The process of governance is 
difficult. To just say ``no'' is irresponsible.

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