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On the recordJune 22, 2010
Let me point out this chart. We are talking about the fact that facts don't lie. Here it is. This isn't fuzzy numbers. This chart isn't rigged. This is just telling it like it is. You're looking in this chart at the last year of the Bush administration and the first year of the Obama administration. The trend is unmistakable. As the Bush administration ground to a halt, the economy went into the tank, cratering to the point where in January of 2009, the last month of the Bush administration and first month of the Obama administration, this economy lost nearly 800,000 jobs, as Mr. Welch and I were sworn in for our second term, Mr. Boccieri for his first term. But the trend coming out of January is just as unmistakable. Every month, almost without exception, less and less jobs being lost, to the point where in the last 3 months we have added jobs. We've added 700,000 jobs just in the last 2 months. Now, that still leaves way, way too many people out of work. We still have miles to go. But you want to talk about what policies didn't work and what policies have worked? The numbers don't lie.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
Source
govinfo.gov
Jun 22, 2010

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The speaker discusses job loss and recovery during the Bush and Obama administrations.

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