[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6407]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                JOB PICTURE IMPROVING THANKS TO TAX CUTS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, we are going on an Easter break and 
spending time back in our districts, and before I head back to the 
Seventh District of Tennessee I wanted to take just a couple of moments 
and talk just a little bit about the headlines that are out there 
today.
  ``U.S. job growth soars.'' That is from CNN Money. ``308,000 jobs: 
Far better than Wall Street's forecast.'' I have got other copies of 
articles here, Bloomberg, My Way, talking about jobs growth.
  There are reasons for this, Mr. Speaker, and it is the Bush tax cuts 
that this body passed last year, the third largest tax cut in history. 
This check, $1,133, this is what the average family, 91 million 
American taxpayers, saw last year. Over 25 million small businesses are 
seeing about $2,800 in tax cuts. That is why the economy is growing.
  The tax cuts are working, 308,000 new jobs.

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