Drew Ferguson: “I thank my colleague from California for leading this Special Order. What a year and half it has been since I came to…”

“I thank my colleague from California for leading this Special Order. What a year and half it has been since I came to Congress. There have been a lot of positive things that have gone on, and I think Americans feel that they are better off now. If you listen to the media and the rhetoric, you wouldn't know it. Every time I travel home and I talk to the folks in the Third District of Georgia, I get this sense of optimism, this reality that they are doing better. Their wages are up. There are more job opportunities. They are doing better. They feel safer, and they feel more secure. In spite of what you might have heard on TV and in the other parts of the media, more than 177 bills have been signed into law in the 115th Congress. That is the most of any Congress at this point since 2008. The results are clear: Americans are better off. I have heard from small businesses like Shred-X in Griffin, Georgia; Custom Truck and Body Works in Woodbury, Georgia; and Emma Hill Manufacturing in LaGrange, Georgia. All of these businesses are making investments. They are expanding. They are being more productive. Most importantly, they are hiring more people, and they are investing in their people with higher wages and better training. Families are doing better throughout our district. But these businesses are doing more than simply investing in their people and in their businesses. They are investing in their communities. So our communities are becoming more helpful.…”