[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          U.S. ECONOMY KEEPS ON GROWING AND CREATING NEW JOBS

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, the U.S. economy keeps on 
growing and creating new jobs. Last month alone, 144,000 new jobs were 
created. But if one were to listen to Senator John Kerry, one would 
think we were in the middle of another Great Depression.
  The U.S. economy has created jobs in each of the last 12 months for a 
total of nearly 1.7 million new jobs. The unemployment rate has fallen 
to 5.4 percent, which is about the same as in 1996 when President Bill 
Clinton was running for reelection. And thanks to the leadership of our 
great President George W. Bush and the majority of the Republicans in 
Congress, our economy is strong and getting stronger.
  Senator Kerry, while flip-flopping on a variety of issues, has been 
remarkably consistent on one issue, and that one issue is raising 
taxes. Higher taxes on hard-working Americans and job providers have 
never created a job or helped a family meet its needs.
  My message to Senator Kerry is we have turned the corner toward a 
progrowth, projob, profamily economy, and we are not turning back.

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