[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK IN THESE SERIOUS ECONOMIC TIMES

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, we are in very serious economic times. 
Unprecedented challenges confront this country. It is a time when we 
need all hands on deck.
  Unfortunately, all we've heard from the other side of the aisle is 
hyperbole: we're spending too much, we're not doing this, we're not 
doing that. We need ideas.
  The best in America has always come because of a conflict of ideas, 
because of ideas converging and taking the best and assimilating them 
into policies that benefit all Americans. We're not getting the help we 
need from our Republican colleagues. Again, we need all hands on deck.
  Just this Sunday, one of the Republican Members was on a national 
talk show and said our faith in God is going to get us through this. 
Well, maybe it will, but faith in God, as important as it is, is not an 
economic policy.
  We need the best that America has to offer from all sides of America. 
I invite my Republican colleagues to participate in this debate and 
help get us out of this economic challenge.

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