[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today the first quarter GDP numbers were 
revised downward, again, and now show the economy contracted by 2.9 
percent in the opening months of 2014. The administration's spin 
machine cited cold weather as the root cause of this, but as critics 
noted, Canada's GDP grew by 1.8 percent in the first quarter. Was it 
warmer in Canada?
  It is clear that this President is out of ideas about how to get our 
economy back on track. It now seems we have exhausted even his supply 
of excuses as well.
  Being out of excuses is a positive development. Since this 
administration seems prone to believing their own spin, perhaps they 
will now, at long last, work with House Republicans on legislation that 
will put Americans back to work.
  There are 40 House-passed bills awaiting action in the Senate. These 
bills will help. Will the President and his party act on them?

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