[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRANSFORMING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

  (Mr. HASTINGS of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the economy in America did not 
transform overnight. Over a period of the last 40 years that I can 
account as an adult, or working person, many significant changes have 
taken place in this great country. It is obvious that there were 
Democrats and Republicans in the United States Congress during that 40 
years, and that either party had control of either the House, or the 
Senate, or the White House, or all of the above, at some point.
  In my view, it is a bit of hyperbole for someone to suggest that 
Barack Obama, once he became President of the United States, was to 
cure that 40-year transformation in our economy that led to joblessness 
and an almost clear financial disaster for this country and this globe. 
To expect this President to cure that problem in 1 year is just plain 
ridiculous.
  We need a direct-hire job creation program, and we need it now.

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