[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4705-S4706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE ECONOMY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on another matter, Fourth of July 
celebrations weren't the only thing for American families to smile 
about last week. We received even more positive news about the strong 
U.S. economy that American workers and job creators are building with a 
big assist from Republican policies.
  More than 200,000 new jobs were created in June alone. The economy is 
overflowing with opportunities. American workers are in high demand and 
more and more previously sidelined individuals are getting to clock 
back in.
  The last administration's so-called recovery disproportionately 
helped a few major metropolitan areas, but it left whole communities 
and whole regions of our country more or less in the dust. Not these 
days. The results have been very different under Republicans' pro-
growth, pro-opportunity policy agenda. Now we are seeing a real all-
American recovery.
  As the New York Times reported last week, ``Only recently have the 
economic gains filtered down to Black and Hispanic workers, those with 
less education, and others who face discrimination or other barriers to 
employment.''
  So it is all kinds of American workers, all kinds of families, all 
kinds of small towns and farm counties and smaller cities and suburbs. 
This all-American recovery is benefiting our whole country with job 
opportunities, wage growth, net investment, and new optimism.
  Two and a half years ago, Republicans started out with a pretty 
simple philosophy. It goes like this: The American people can 
accomplish great things and build prosperity for their

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families if Washington mostly stays out of the way.
  We needed the Federal Government to stop creating so many economic 
headwinds and start creating a few tailwinds. So we achieved historic 
tax reform, major regulatory reform, and all kinds of economic policies 
geared toward helping workers and middle-class families earn more and 
then send less to the IRS.
  The way Republicans see it, these ideas are actually no-brainers. So 
as long as you believe in the promise and potential of American workers 
and small businesses, this is clearly the way to go, and the results 
continue to speak for themselves.

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