[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           THE NUMBERS THAT ARE DRIVING OUR ECONOMY RIGHT NOW

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the American people are hurting. We all know 
that. There are some specific numbers to which we can point that 
underscore that pain: First, 9.5, the current percentage of 
unemployment; 14, the number of consecutive months that the 
unemployment rate has been in excess of 9.4 percent; 125,000, the 
number of jobs that were lost last month; $13 trillion, the level of 
our national debt; $1 trillion, the annual deficit as we head towards 
the end of the fiscal year; 0, the number of times before this year 
that the House has ever failed to debate and pass a budget; 0, the 
number of proposals by the Democratic majority to cut wasteful spending 
and provide accountability for their out of control spending practices; 
0, the number of pro-growth proposals that the Democratic majority has 
offered.
  The American people want nothing more, Mr. Speaker, than to create 
jobs and get our economy back on track. Unfortunately, the refusal to 
pass a budget, the refusal to rein in wasteful spending, the refusal to 
allow proven pro-growth economic policies to be put into place is 
impinging our opportunity to do that.
  Republicans stand ready to put into place the kinds of policies that 
will ensure that the pain the American people are feeling will be 
diminished.

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