[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17491-17492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       POSITIVE SOLUTIONS NEEDED

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, our Nation is enduring one of the 
most troubling economic periods in its history: 3.5 million Americans 
have been laid off since this Congress began. Unemployment is 
approaching 10 percent.
  Americans are looking for leadership and real solutions to promote 
economic

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growth and create good jobs, but the Democrats in charge only offer 
more borrowing and spending that's delaying recovery and job growth. 
Americans have lost confidence and trust in this majority to lead us to 
recovery.
  Republicans have positive solutions that the American people support: 
in the economy, to encourage small business, the job creation engine of 
this Nation; in the area of energy, an all-you-can-create energy policy 
that would make us independent from foreign oil; and in the area of 
health care, no government takeover, but putting patients and their 
families, along with doctors, in charge.
  Positive solutions are needed, and we ask all House Members of reason 
to work together for these positive solutions.

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