[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MAKE IT IN AMERICA

  (Mr. WALZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, the same challenges that faced this Nation on 
November 1 still faced us when we woke up on November 3. We still have 
too many Americans without jobs, and we still have work to do to grow 
our economy and put our country back on a path of prosperity.
  We need initiatives that make America more competitive. We need to 
tap into the can-do spirit that made this country so great. Folks in my 
district in southern Minnesota know that a new clean energy economy 
means jobs and securities right here at home.
  I hope my friends across the aisle now understand that Americans 
expect them to actually do something. They expect them to grow our 
economy, create jobs here at home and not ship them overseas, and hold 
Wall Street accountable.
  Catchy campaign slogans might be great to win elections, but they 
won't fix a single problem. They won't create more jobs. They won't put 
America back to work. Now the hard work really begins, and we must be 
up to the task.
  Winston Churchill once said: Democracy is the worst form of 
government, except for every other one that has been tried.
  Democracy is hard work. It needs to start right here, and we need to 
put America back on a path to prosperity.

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