[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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    DEMOCRATS LOOK TO JUMP START THE BUSH ECONOMY BY PASSING SECOND 
                         ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the news about the Bush economy 
gets worse each passing day. Just last week we learned that 84,000 more 
Americans lost their jobs in July, bringing the total number of job 
losses this year to a stunning 605,000.
  Despite all this bad news, President Bush seems content to ride out 
the next 5 months without any action.
  House Democrats recognize that middle class Americans can simply not 
afford to wait until next year for some real help. For 8 years now they 
have been forgotten by Republican economic policies that have 
overwhelmingly favored the wealthiest 1 percent. This month Democrats 
will work to enact a second economic recovery package that will help 
Americans who have lost their jobs or are barely making ends meet and 
give another boost to our economy.
  Mr. Speaker, for too long Republicans have rubber-stamped the Bush 
economic policies that have put America in an economic hole. This month 
Republicans will once again have a choice: stand with the Bush/McCain 
plan for more of the same or take action to aid families who are 
struggling.

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