[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17639-17640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              ECONOMY SUFFERING UNDER BUSH ADMINISTRATION

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, George Bush is running for reelection on a 
platform that our economy is in good shape. Well, this is a sham.
  Today, 8 million Americans are looking for work; 8 million Americans 
are looking for work. The unemployment rate is 30 percent higher than 
it was when he took office.
  So what is he doing about it? He continues to encourage and reward 
sending good jobs overseas, while creating low-paying jobs right here 
at home and, at the same time, changes overtime policies to cheat 
millions of workers out of overtime pay.
  What he ought to be doing is investing in our infrastructure, making 
sure that our Nation gets roads, highways, bridges, sewer systems, 
waste water treatment plants; our clean water systems are upgraded, are 
enlarged, are made better. Because, I say to my colleagues, those jobs 
pay a livable wage. Those jobs leave behind improvements for our 
communities and our country. That would increase the jobs in this 
country.

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