[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        AVOID GOVERNMENT DEFAULT

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to offer this 
House a plan on how Republicans and Democrats can come together, avoid 
a government default, and do it in a way that really helps the American 
people. Let's cut the true debt that's crushing Americans today--and 
it's not the Federal debt.
  Americans are underwater on their mortgages, burdened by student 
loans, maxed out on credit cards. If we help Americans cut their own 
personal debt, this will free up money where people can responsibly buy 
things. Businesses will have to hire more people. That's how you create 
more jobs--by helping Americans become debt-free.

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