[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17317]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE GOP'S JOB PROPOSALS

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, the average American household has lost 
$8,000 of income over the last few years. If we want to put a number on 
the economic crisis facing our country right now, that should be it.
  If you ask the average person how to get $8,000 back into the pockets 
of American families, you'd get some pretty good answers. But if you 
ask the average congressional Republican, you'd get an answer that's so 
out of touch with reality you'd think they were creating policy by 
playing Mad Libs. Mad Libs, the children's game where you provide 
random words to complete a story you haven't seen. That seems like the 
only conceivable explanation for the Republicans' so-called jobs 
proposals.
  Think about how they fill in this blank: The best way to get 
Americans back to work is--poison our air and water, get rid of 
consumer protections, end Medicare. It's like they haven't read the 
question. It's no surprise Americans find the GOP's Mad Libs economics 
maddening. It's time to stop playing games and start getting to work on 
building an economy that works for all Americans.

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