[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           COMPARED TO WHAT?

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, we all remember the great line of Rodney 
Dangerfield. When asked, ``How's your wife?'' he said, ``Compared to 
what?'' Well, beginning last Friday, with President Obama's appearance 
before the Republican conference and this week with the introduction of 
the new budget, we have seen the ``compared to what.''
  President Obama has an aggressive plan to create jobs and restore 
economic vitality. We want to provide credit to small businesses, job 
tax credits and very important incentives to both middle class working 
families and the businesses that create most of the jobs.
  On the other side, we saw from Congressman Ryan their version of 
economic growth: Privatize Social Security, eliminate Medicare for 
everybody under 55, and give people vouchers to buy insurance which 
they won't be able to afford. And, of course, tax cuts across the 
board, which means more tax breaks for Bill Gates and Warren Buffett 
and the managers at AIG that just took $100 million worth of bonuses.
  We now see the ``compared to what,'' and I hope that we continue to 
see the ``compared to what.'' We will see who has a plan that will 
create economic growth for the American people.

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