[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          REAL RECOVERY AGENDA

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, last Friday marked 1 year since President 
Obama promised the American people a recovery summer. But looking at 
the latest grim economic reports, it is clear that recovery couldn't be 
further from the truth. Consumer confidence slid to a 6-month low; 
unemployment rose to 9.1 percent, the highest rate since December; the 
stagnant economy created only 54,000 jobs, less than half of the 
125,000 many economists predicted; and housing prices fell to new 
depths in April.
  Mr. Speaker, it is painfully clear that President Obama's policies of 
excessive spending, borrowing, and regulation are failing. The American 
people are paying the extremely high price, and they are demanding 
changes--an end to the spending and borrowing, and more pro-growth, 
pro-job policies. That is why we are working hard on a real recovery 
agenda that will create jobs, cut spending, and restore our Nation to 
fiscal health.

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