[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12909]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. These are tough times for our Nation, but the American 
people can take heart that with the leadership of President Obama, we 
are headed in the right direction.
  When the President took office, he inherited a $1.2 trillion deficit, 
two wars, the recession, mounting job losses, and disasters like 
Katrina that pushed our economy to the brink.
  Since then, with his guidance we have passed the American Recovery 
Act that saved jobs; the expansion of SCHIP, to provide health coverage 
to 11 million children; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the equal pay 
act for women in the workplace; the Credit Card Bill of Rights; and the 
historic health reform that finally makes quality, affordable coverage 
a right for every American. Soon we will enact financial reforms that 
give us the oversight and accountability to prevent another economic 
collapse.
  The President continues to move us in the right direction and is 
doing all the right things. Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues 
continue to have no plan and no direction.

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