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On the recordSeptember 20, 2012
Americans have endured 4 years of the worst recession in the last 70 years in this country. We have 23 million Americans either unemployed or underemployed, and millions more have simply given up finding a job. What is the President's response in the face of all this? Reject every plan presented by Republicans and, instead, spend $5 trillion of borrowed money leading--so-called leading--our country into decline and ultimately into bankruptcy. What is the Democratically led Senate's response? Avoid all efforts to formulate a plan to address this problem and to vote and debate on that plan on one of the most critical--if not the most critical--issues facing this country in its history. The American public is desperate for new leadership, both from the White House and from the Senate-- leadership that is absolutely necessary if we are to restore our Nation to growth and prosperity and get our people back to work. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Mississippi.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

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