House Proceeding 02-23-10 on Feb 23rd, 2010 :: 1:21:30 to 1:22:40
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Gregory W. Meeks: really wants to,this is where he should start. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without obction. >> if this wasn't so serious it would be laughable. eight years they had a chance, the other side, to get the economy right. eight years. they are the ones that drove it

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Speech By: Gregory W. Meeks

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Gregory W. Meeks: into the ground and then criticize us for turning it around. eight years. this didn't happen overnight when we started losing jobs. when president bush left office, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. what did they do? nothing. then we have president obama come onboard. started turning things around,

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Gregory W. Meeks: what do they do? criticize. criticize progress of creating jobs again. criticize trying to create an opportunity for americans to have good health care again. criticize the fact we are able to improve bridges and roads. criticize the fact that we are going to be able to put more people -- to approve the money to help the unemployed.

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Gregory W. Meeks: eight years of driving the economy into the ground. one year, obama has one, president obama, to make sure we can restore america to the