On the recordJuly 29, 2010
The gentleman has made some comments. He is entitled to his opinions, but he cannot create his own history. He has said that history shows that you cannot raise taxes and have a growing economy. That is completely belied by President Clinton's economic program in the early nineties when taxes were raised, with Republicans--the gentleman's party--claiming that that would destroy the economy. And yet the economy grew the fastest that it has done. We created 20 million jobs during the rest of the Clinton administration. That compares with the puny number of jobs, about one-quarter of that number, that were created during the time that Mr. Bush was in the White House the same number of years. With that, I just must point out that the gentleman is trying to re-create and create his own history. We should defeat this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
