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




                 SAVING AMERICA FROM AN ECONOMIC ABYSS

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, there is always a great deal of danger in 
spontaneous reactions to elections. One of the things that I thought 
about last night when I watched Scott Brown accept his victory in 
Massachusetts was that he didn't talk about returning to the agenda of 
2000-2008. He didn't talk about returning to Bush economics or the 
Republican agenda. As a matter of fact, he never mentioned the word 
``Republican.''
  What he did talk about, and he talked about it extremely well, was 
about the need for us to listen to the people, that the job wasn't his 
job or a Kennedy job. This was the people's job. It's a lesson for all 
of us to learn.
  The true political victory will be won by the party and the 
individuals who demonstrate responsiveness to the needs of their 
communities and of their citizens. We have been doing that now for a 
year. I think we can make a strong case on the Democratic side that we 
have saved this country from an economic abyss. We will continue to do 
that while we continue to listen to the people we work for.

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