[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11160]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TO REALIZE THE AMERICAN DREAM ONCE AGAIN

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, the best way to deal with this 
country's debt is to put people back to work. We've heard it from both 
sides of the aisle.
  At the end of Bill Clinton's administration, this country had a 
surplus. Revenues exceeded expenses. There was job growth: 23 million 
people. But then, with George Bush, we lost 8 million jobs. We went 
into a huge deficit.
  The best way to deal with that is to put people back to work. The 
President does have a plan, and we Democrats have a plan: innovate, 
educate and manufacture. Make it here in America. We will put people 
back to work.
  Folks need to be able to realize the American Dream again, and that's 
what we are going to fight for every single day. We want to put people 
back to work. That will help take care of the debt.

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