[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ECONOMIC CLIMATE FOR JOB GROWTH

  (Mr. ARCURI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, we have asked the American people to do a 
lot over the past year in order to work together to rebuild our 
economy. Tonight, we await the President's words to see how the country 
will move forward to continue to put people back to work and make 
reforms necessary to jump-start our economy. I applaud the President 
for putting a freeze on all nonsecurity discretionary spending for 
fiscal year 2011, because as the American family tightens its belt, so 
must Congress. I would encourage the President to continue to call for 
increased fiscal responsibility in Congress, and I will do my part in 
ensuring that we spend responsibly to protect the people of my 
district.
  I joined several of my Blue Dog colleagues in a letter led by 
Congressman Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania to call for a spending 
freeze earlier this month and will continue to look for ways that we 
can continue to hold ourselves fiscally accountable for PAYGO and other 
budget cuts. My predecessor in Congress used to say that we here in 
Congress can't create jobs, but we can create an economic climate for 
job growth and development to boost our local economies. That should be 
our primary goal in 2010.

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