The policies that Democrats in Congress quickly put into place over the last year are working.

Excluding the economic stimulus bill, Congress has enacted and President Obama signed into law, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act that provides a new payroll tax exemption that will lead to the creation of over 300,000…

It takes a long time to recover, but we are trending in the right direction, employing Americans and digging ourselves out of this deep valley that President Obama inherited.

With President Obama and the Democratic policies, we have started to trend in the right direction.

It is time for all Members of Congress to put the American people first.

I think it is very sad that we leave for a 4th of July vacation, and when the fireworks are going off... there will be a lot of people throughout our country who will not be able to.

We took care of the people on Wall Street but it is our duty to assist those who have fallen victim to circumstances beyond their control.

Blaming the Democrats for the loss of jobs is absolutely factually incorrect.

And so I choose hope, as opposed to fear.

We still have a lot to do, but the fact still remains that we have come a long way.

Whereas, under Democratic leadership--jobs have been created in 6 of the last 7 months--this is over 1 million jobs.

I agree with my good friend and colleague, Mr. Brady, that what we want in this country is robust private sector job creation.

We lost, this country lost, over 779,000 jobs. That is an undisputed fact.

People who were doing fine a few years ago... doing fine while others were getting, at AIG and other big firms, were getting major bonuses for millions of dollars for running our country into the gutter.

We must keep in mind that 60 percent of the GDP is consumer spending.

It is my hope that the Senate will move quickly in considering all of these bills.

However, the need and importance of interim assistance like the short-term bridge loans and unemployment benefits should not be discounted.

The government argued that moving away from Austin would be a disruption of the system...