[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE ECONOMY

  (Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, over the last several months, 
I have visited factory floors in Burlington, Meriden, and Waterbury, 
Connecticut, and the news is good. Orders are returning; revenue is up; 
access to capital is coming back. And we have seen it in the national 
numbers. Last week, the Department of Labor reported that 290,000 jobs 
were added in April, a larger-than-expected increase. And last year, 
thanks to the tax cuts that this House passed, consumer spending has 
started to increase, jumping up by 3.5 percent in the last report.
  But we have to do more in Connecticut. Our economic recovery won't be 
complete until manufacturing completely rebounds, and that won't happen 
until this Congress decides to start spending U.S. taxpayer dollars 
here on U.S. jobs. Our economy is coming back, but its recovery will 
not be full until we make a commitment to buy American.

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