[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 144 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5815]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           DEMS ARE THE FACTS

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, most modern 
businesses today use metrics to help them establish best practices.
  So I offer this chart based on the published, peer-reviewed research 
of two respected Princeton economists, Dr. Blinder and Dr. Watson, that 
reveal some very important metrics and measures. It shows the annual 
growth of the U.S. economy for each Presidential term going all the way 
back to World War II.
  Democratic Presidents are in blue, and Republicans are in red. So 
whether it is 7\1/2\ years where President Obama outperforms the 
economy of his predecessor or 70 years, as you can see, there is a huge 
difference between how the economy performs between a Republican v. a 
Democratic President.
  In fact, going back 16 Presidential terms, the economy does 
significantly better by almost every measure under Democratic 
administrations.
  So, as President John Adams famously said: ``Facts are stubborn 
things; and whatever may be our . . . inclinations . . . they cannot 
alter the . . . facts . . . ''
  And the fact is, the blue, the Democrats, do better than the 
Republicans on the economy when a Democrat is President.

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