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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “It is really astonishing, the dramatic difference and the swings we have gone through in the last 8 years. Who would…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2008
It is really astonishing, the dramatic difference and the swings we have gone through in the last 8 years. Who would have thought that we could go through that type of rapid deterioration? How about the economy? We are certainly not facing a strong economy right now. At the beginning of this administration, as President Clinton was leaving office, Mr. Murphy, we had the strongest economy in three decades. We had 22 million jobs that had been created. We had a record surplus. We had a thriving economy by any definition. And now that we are wrapping up the Bush administration, what is this President leaving behind?
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the economic changes over the past eight years during a speech on the House floor.

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