[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9260-9261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT IS EXAMPLE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, America has been through tough 
times before, but we've always pulled together as a Nation to overcome 
our challenges.
  Just over 1 year ago, Democrats came together and faced the 
challenges that we were handed by the mismanagement of the Bush 
Republicans. Faced with massive job losses exceeding 700,000 a month 
just over 1 year ago, we passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act; and, since that time, we've reversed the job losses and spurred 
economic growth.
  One only needs to look at America's manufacturing sector to see the 
progress that we're making. American industrial production has 
increased a cumulative 6.8 percent during the past 10 months, the 
largest 10-month gain since 1997.
  Total industrial production continued to increase last month. 
Together with last month's jobs report, this suggests a strong start 
for the second quarter. The increase, which was slightly above market 
expectations, was led by a strong 1 percent growth in manufacturing 
output.

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  As Americans, we can do it. We can turn our economy around. We have a 
ways to go, but we can get America back on track and, together, we are 
doing just that.
  And that's just the way it is.

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