[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15754-15755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, there is great economic news for 
American workers. The reason this economy is growing is because of 
small business. That is why we are celebrating Small Business Week. We 
found out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week, 25 months of 
consecutive economic growth, 146,000 jobs in June. We have unemployment 
at near historic lows. We are going to see the deficit $100 billion 
less than projected. The reason that is happening, the reason we have 
steady economic growth, is because the tax reductions are working. The 
tax reductions are working, and we are seeing higher Federal revenues.
  We are going to continue with this. It shows that the agenda laid 
forth by the majority leadership has worked for all Americans, and we 
are going to continue to work to reduce Federal regulations like the 
bills we did in dealing with OSHA to make the environment more friendly 
for small business to do what they do best, create those jobs. We look 
forward to continuing to create the environment for a great competitive 
American workplace.

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