[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A NEW DIRECTION

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, the Bush economy continues to be 
unfriendly to America's workers. Earlier this month, we learned that 
employers added only 75,000 jobs to their payrolls in May, about half 
of what we need just to keep up with normal growth in the labor market. 
Wage growth was disappointing again in May, continuing a pattern in 
which workers cannot get ahead of rising costs in gasoline, housing, 
health care, and on education for their children, even though their 
productivity keeps growing.
  The benefits of economic growth under President Bush are showing up 
in the bottom lines of companies and in the pockets of shareholders, 
but not in the paychecks of America's workers. Mr. Speaker, this 
country needs a new direction.

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