[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12667-12668]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       THE NUMBERS ARE VERY GOOD

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, yesterday's annual 
report by the Census Bureau brought some very good news to the American 
people.
  Last year, for the first time in nearly two decades, three key 
economic indicators all moved in the right direction: median household 
income is up a staggering 5.2 percent, which translates into over 
$2,800 a year for the typical American family; the poverty rate went 
down by the largest amount, or largest 1-year drop, in recorded 
history; and the number of Americans without health insurance has now 
dropped to a historic low. Add to all of that an unemployment rate at 
4.9 percent, and we have witnessed the largest and longest streak of 
job growth in history.
  These numbers show, even as we face serious challenges, our progress 
is real,

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our recovery is sound, and our reasons to hope are many.

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