[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   THE COLLAPSE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

  (Mr. GRIFFITH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to the ongoing 
destruction of the American Dream.
  As the dense fog of increasing debt suffocates our economy, 
joblessness creates the uncertainty in which small businesses cannot 
survive. Credit is not available. Increasing taxes are creeping in at 
every level. We now know that we cannot keep our doctors or our 
insurance. We, the people, see no leadership.
  As the President treads water, as America looks for leadership, as 
small business is paralyzed with uncertainty, as our elderly watch 
their health care rationed and as they are fearful for their future, as 
our families lose their confidence in leadership, all of this poses the 
virtual collapse of the American Dream.
  The denial on the part of the administration is pathologic. The 
refusal to acknowledge reality is causing undue human suffering, 
prolonging the agony of massive unemployment, creating confusion and 
doubt in our military, and sending international messages of U.S. 
indecision and weakness.
  It is time for action. It is time for us, the American people, to 
restore the American Dream.

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