[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      PRESIDENTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Today when President Obama signs into law sweeping Wall 
Street reform, it will mark another important change--I state, another 
important change--from the failed Republican policies of the past.
  The irresponsible policies of the Bush administration and the 
Republican Congress cost us 8 million jobs. Thankfully, this new 
financial reform puts us on a path of restoring accountability to our 
financial system and ending the era of tax-funded bailouts.
  President Obama and the congressional Democrats have fought to move 
America forward. We have enacted significant new laws to create new 
jobs and increase small business lending, end pay discrimination in the 
workplace, extend Medicare sovereignty, and make college education more 
affordable.
  Unfortunately, my Republican colleagues continue to support policies 
that will ship jobs overseas, privatize Social Security, and dismantle 
Medicare. We can no longer afford the policies of the past. We must 
continue to work with our President and move America forward.

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