[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CHARTING NEW COURSE FOR ECONOMIC FUTURE

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about the American people 
today. They are some of the most resilient people in the world. But 
over the last 2 years, even the most optimistic individual has been 
fearful. Just 2 years ago, we were losing 727,000 jobs a month. The 
stock market dropped 3,000 points, making 401(k) plans look like 
201(k)s, and we feared for the next generation, that they would have 
enough money to live on. But what a difference a year makes.
  The Democratic Congress, working with the new Obama administration, 
has moved in a new direction, first of all by passing the Recovery Act. 
Instead of losing jobs, we have been gaining jobs. Since passing the 
Recovery Act, the stock market has risen dramatically, real estate is 
coming back, and home sales are coming back. When you look at the job 
growth, it is going up again.
  These are the changes, and these are the differences that we can see 
that are facts and not fiction.

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