[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ONE ROAD TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. The American public wants to see bipartisanship and they 
want to see Democrats and Republicans work together. This is my second 
Congress I have served in, and it's disappointing to me to see a new 
President--who was elected with overwhelming numbers and overwhelming 
support--not get bipartisan support and help on his efforts.
  I don't agree with President Obama on everything that he is trying to 
do to get us out of the economic morass that the Republican Congress 
and the previous President and Vice President left us in. But I support 
our President because I know we have one executive authority and one 
Treasury Department that needs to have a direction to get us on the 
road to prosperity.
  It is disappointing that people just criticize, criticize, criticize. 
The fact is we need to spend to stimulate this economy and we need a 
recovery package as well as a reinvestment package to get this economy 
moving, and that's what is being offered. It's being geared toward the 
middle class that's being forgotten.
  On the other side, they talk about preserving prosperity for our 
children and our grandchildren. Most people in this country--95 
percent--don't have prosperity, and they need help. The Democratic 
budget will help them with health care, jobs, and education.

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