[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        BUILDING A BETTER NATION

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, last week the Labor Department reported 
that for the fourth month in a row our jobs are going south. We are 
losing more jobs, even as the middle class is struggling just to keep 
their heads above water.
  We're in this mess because the Bush administration and its followers 
have failed to establish a fiscally responsible budget policy and are 
continuing to borrow and spend our Nation into the poor house.
  In response to this downturn, Democrats are taking action. Today, 
we're holding an economic summit to determine how best to restore our 
ailing economy. Also this week we're going to begin to put together a 
second economic recovery effort directed at rebuilding America's 
infrastructure, first by enacting a housing package to help establish 
the floor in the housing market, and then we intend to invest in higher 
wage construction jobs that will stimulate local economies nationwide.
  I hope my colleagues in both parties will join us in this effort to 
build a better Nation here at home and that, furthermore, the President 
will understand how important this is and sign the bill we intend to 
enact.

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