[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20461]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               HARD TIMES

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                             HON. JOE BACA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 30, 2004

  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, times are hard, and this Republican Congress 
and the White House are oblivious to it.
  Middle class families are being squeezed from every direction. And 
what have Republicans done about it? Nothing.
  Before President Bush took office, 22 million new jobs had been 
created. Since then, over 1.7 million jobs have been lost.
  Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies 
that send jobs overseas.
  When President Bush took office, the number of uninsured Americans 
had dropped for the first time in 12 years. Now, 45 million Americans 
cannot afford to get sick because they have no health insurance.
  Four years ago, we had a $236 billion budget surplus. Now, thanks to 
tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the national credit card is 
maxed out.
  Meanwhile, over a thousand Americans have died in Iraq.
  American families be warned, if the White House doesn't send your 
jobs overseas, they'll send your kids.

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