[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, the last speaker wonders why the rest of 
the world does not want any more of George Bush. If he would travel 
outside of his district, he would find out they say it everywhere you 
go.
  I was just in India. This administration's economic policy can best 
be summed up in the word, ``Oops.'' They like to swagger about how tax 
cuts for the rich have propelled the U.S. economy to staggering new 
heights. Staggering is the right word to describe the U.S. economy and 
what this administration has done to it.
  Job creation is nowhere near, not even close to what America needs 
just to make up for the jobs lost during this administration. The 
administration can pretend all it wants, but people know that long-term 
unemployment is the highest in 20 years, few new jobs have been 
created, the few that have been pay less than the ones they replaced. 
Health care is crushing family budgets and forcing too many Americans 
to choose between medicine and food.
  Americans know a staggering economy is the mark of an administration 
that has overstayed its welcome and does not deserve a second chance.
  November 2 is exactly 118 days away. Please, Mr. Speaker, let the 
President know so he can prepare to move out.

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