[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S6116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE ECONOMY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, on one final matter, it has been a 
rough week for our Democratic colleagues who claim that the Republican 
policy agenda wouldn't lay a good foundation for a strong economy, but 
it has been a great week for America's workers and middle-class 
families.
  The evidence keeps piling up. Tax reform and regulatory reform have 
helped create the conditions for one of the best economic moments the 
American people have seen in recent memory, and some measures are at 
their best levels in decades.
  Here is just a small sample:
  ``U.S. job growth accelerated in August and wages notched their 
largest annual increase in more than nine years.''
  Another headline reads: ``Job openings hit record high.''
  Another: ``Small business optimism surges to highest level ever.''
  This economy is literally flying through all-time records faster than 
I can come to the floor and discuss them. Many of these numbers are 
unprecedented. They are exactly the opposite of what some gloom-and-
doom Democrats insisted would happen if this unified Republican 
government put our opportunity agenda into effect.
  Fortunately, my Republican colleagues and I know that getting 
Washington, DC, out of the way helps make good things happen for the 
American people, and that is exactly what we will continue to do.

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