[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1635]
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                           The Green New Deal

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I would like to make a point about the 
so-called Green New Deal. It is very obvious it is a reference to 
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s. The implication is that 
what the New Deal did for the Depression should be a model for the 
environment.
  There is just one great big problem: The New Deal in the 1930s didn't 
work. It didn't get us out of the Great Depression. The Depression 
didn't end until we entered World War II.
  Just like the original, the Green New Deal sounds like really bold 
action, but it is really a jumble of half-cocked policies that will 
dampen economic growth and will hurt jobs.
  Everything our government ought to be trying to do is to encourage 
economic growth and to create jobs.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.