[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              THE ECONOMY

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I intend to put into the Record a letter I 
sent to President Bush several weeks ago on the subject of having an 
economic summit meeting.
  I note that the President had a forum of some type in Crawford, TX, 
when he invited people who agreed with his fiscal policy to talk about 
how well the administration's policies are working.
  I believe we have significant economic difficulties in this country. 
The Federal budget deficits now continue to skyrocket.
  We have a budget that does not add up, a fiscal policy that does not 
make much sense. I think we ought to have an economic summit at which 
people of varying opinions come together and have a competition of 
ideas about what works and what does not, so that we can find ways to 
put our country back on track.
  I hope the President convenes this much-needed economic summit.
  (Mr. WELLSTONE assumed the chair.)

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