[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              SUCH A DEAL

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, in the last 3 years, 3 million Americans 
have lost their jobs; 42 million Americans are without health insurance 
of which 22 million Americans work full time; a trillion dollars worth 
of corporate assets have been foreclosed on; and 3 million more 
Americans have walked out of the middle class to poverty.
  In that same period of time, we have added $3 trillion to the 
Nation's debt.
  Mr. Speaker, $3 trillion added to the Nation's debt; 3 million 
Americans have lost their jobs. As my great aunt would say, ``Such a 
deal.''
  We need to do better for the American people. Just last week we 
passed an economic program for Iraq's future. I voted for it. It 
included investments in jobs, health care, education, housing, and 
infrastructure. The promise we make to Iraq and the values we hold for 
Iraq must be the promise we hold for the American people. We must now 
invest in our economic growth so we can stimulate our job market with 
the same kind of attitude and investment that we have had in the stock 
market. We have a health care crisis and a job crisis in this country. 
We must invest in America's economic future with the same commitment we 
have done for Iraq.

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