[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WE ARE BETTER AS A NATION

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, Joe Biden has been our 
President for 25 months. He said he would build an economy for working 
families in America.
  The largest infrastructure law in U.S. history: Done.
  The American Rescue Plan: Done.
  The CHIPS and Science Act: Done.
  The Inflation Reduction Act: Done.
  The United States economy added 517,000 jobs last month alone. The 
unemployment rate is 3.4 percent, the lowest in 54 years. Biden created 
11 million jobs. That is 440,000 jobs every single month.
  According to Bloomberg Business, Biden is now on his way to becoming 
the greatest job-producing President in U.S. history.
  Mr. Speaker, 35 million Americans today have healthcare because of 
the Affordable Care Act, and 92 percent of all Americans have 
healthcare that is better and more affordable.
  Mr. Speaker, it is no wonder why our Republican House colleagues are 
now threatening to destroy the American economy by defaulting on the 
very obligations that they voted to create. We are better as a nation, 
and we are better as a Congress.

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