[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 25]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 33768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 PROMOTE AND PROTECT OUR STRONG ECONOMY

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 11, 2007

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, America's third quarter 
GDP grew at an impressive 4.9 percent. That means we have had 6 
straight years of economic growth coupled with a record 51 straight 
months of job growth creating 8.3 million additional jobs. In the 
district I represent, the Nation's fourth largest cabinet company, the 
Elkay Cabinet Division, has announced a new manufacturing plant in 
Barnwell which will create hundreds of jobs. This job success is the 
product of the pro-growth tax policies that President Bush signed into 
law 4 years ago.
  There remains much more that we must do in order to promote strong 
economic growth. We need energy legislation that actually helps create 
new energy, health care reform that values individual choice over 
government mandate, and sensible tax reform. We must enact 
legislation--including a repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax--that 
doesn't expand the burden of Washington spending on the backs of middle 
class Americans and small businesses.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th.

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