[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       OUR ECONOMY IS RECOVERING

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, there's no question that our economy is 
recovering. The private sector has added jobs for 23 straight months, 
putting 3.7 million Americans workers back on the job.
  Last week, in my district, GE opened its first new manufacturing 
facility and the first new product line at Louisville's Appliance Park 
in more than 50 years. Because of our Recovery Act investments, 1,300 
workers will be back on the job at Appliance Park, and hundreds of 
those jobs are coming back from China.
  When the private sector can rely on the Federal Government as a 
partner, jobs and economic growth follow, and that's exactly what we're 
seeing today in my district and across the country.
  We decided we are not going to surrender the lead in innovation to 
the Chinese and the rest of the world, and as a result, we are 
revitalizing American manufacturing. We are making it in America, but 
we can't stop now.
  Madam Speaker, as we begin to debate the Federal budget, we must 
continue to invest in American innovation and ingenuity, the way we 
have in Louisville and in so many other cities across the country.

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