[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      STRAIGHT TALK ON THE ECONOMY

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give the American people 
some straight talk about our economy.
  In 1992 Bill Clinton ran for President with the slogan: ``It's the 
economy, stupid.'' Yesterday his wife, Hillary, reminded us of that 
slogan in her speech to the Democratic Leadership Council.
  Well, our economy is very strong and growing. We have created 5.4 
million new jobs in the last 3 years. Our unemployment rate is better 
than the average unemployment rate of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 
1990s. We have had 18 straight quarters of economic growth. 
Homeownership is now at 69 percent, the largest in history. And our 
revenues are coming in so high that we will be able to meet our goal of 
cutting the deficit in half by 2008, a full year ahead of schedule.
  This time let's take the Clintons at their word. If it is ``the 
economy, stupid,'' then let's be smart and reelect those Congressmen 
who gave us this strong economy in the first place by lowering the 
taxes.

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