[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26051-26052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A HEALTHY DOLLAR WILL PROMOTE A HEALTHY ECONOMY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the Democrat Big 
Government agenda in Washington is destroying jobs.
  Every dollar borrowed and spent by this Democrat majority, a total of 
$1.4 trillion this year alone, threatens the value of our currency.
  Among the negative consequences of a weak dollar is the increased 
costs to American families for goods and services, especially gas to 
run cars and businesses. CQ Weekly reports money going into commodities 
instead of the dollar drives up oil prices. Along with the majority's 
refusal to allow for the exploration of more American oil and natural 
gas, the decline of the value of the dollar leads to rising oil prices. 
This is painful to struggling families. It costs jobs and undercuts our 
economy.

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  We must restore fiscal sanity. We cannot borrow and spend our way to 
prosperity, a devastating truth with the lack of jobs created by the 
Democrats nearly $1 trillion porkulus bill.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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