[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONTINUING ON ROAD TO RECOVERY

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, 8 years of failed economic policies under 
the Bush administration left a deep economic hole for the new Obama 
administration, but three things are clear: It will take some time to 
dig out; we have made steady progress; and there is much more to do.
  But yesterday the Joint Economic Committee released its report 
showing progress with new jobs created and decreasing unemployment in 
my home State of Missouri. Now is not the time to reverse direction. We 
must remain focused on the real measure of recovery, and that's jobs. 
We need to move beyond bickering to real solutions that will put real 
people back to work.
  I urge my colleagues to once again take up the job-creating America 
COMPETES bill that would strengthen U.S. scientific and economic 
leadership, support employers, and create jobs through investments in 
science, innovation, and education.
  We can't let partisan gridlock hold us back while countries pass us 
by to invent, build, and sell us the technology that will power the 
next century. Ensuring the U.S. competes globally is a commonsense way 
of creating jobs.

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