[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE STATE OF THE UNION

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, here is the state of the Union:
  Unemployment remains almost 10 percent. Sixteen million people have 
lost their jobs. Taxes are going up. The health care bill costs $300 
billion more than the American people were told. The Nation's deficit 
has doubled in the last year because of excessive government spending. 
Our foreign policy also has run a deficit. The world is a more 
dangerous place today. Iran is closer to making a nuclear bomb. We have 
insulted our allies--Western Europe and Israel. There is no victory in 
Iraq or Afghanistan.
  It's time for a change all right. We need a bipartisan balance in 
Washington, not a one-party monopoly.

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