[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE PRESIDENT'S CREDIBILITY DEFICIT

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, President Bush has decided to make 
credibility an election year issue. Yesterday the Vice President 
announced if the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last 2 
or 3 years, we would not have had the kind of job growth that this 
economy experienced.
  Really? What a fascinating take. In the last 3 years, $3 trillion 
have been added to the Nation's debt and 3 million Americans have lost 
their jobs. And they want to make credibility an issue. Since 5 months 
when he announced the creation of a manufacturing czar, which has not 
been appointed, 250,000 additional manufacturing jobs have been lost. 
And they want to make credibility an issue.
  They have an economic report that says outsourcing is good for 
American workers. And they want to make credibility an issue. It is a 
fascinating take on the economy. Today we have a jobless economy with a 
wage recession in America. In fact, flipping hamburgers is now a 
manufacturing job in America. And they want to make credibility an 
issue.
  Mr. Speaker, the President and the Vice President think everything is 
just fine in America. What we need is a new direction to put American 
workers, American families and their values at the center of our agenda 
and for somebody to wake up every morning thinking about their jobs, 
their children and their future.

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