Byron Dorgan: “Yes. It says this: The majority of Americans are better off on most pocketbook issues after 3 rac{1}{2} years under…”

“Yes. It says this: The majority of Americans are better off on most pocketbook issues after 3 rac{1}{2} years under President Clinton, who has presided over the kind of economic progress any Republican President would be proud to post. Barron's magazine said: In short, Clinton's economic record is remarkable. Clinton also rightfully boasted that our economy is the healthiest it has been in 30 years. Finally, Business Week--and these are not publications that would normally be supportive of a Democratic President--Business Week said: Inflation is low, growth is good, and the dollar is strengthening. America is in its best economic shape in 20 years. So if one doesn't want to listen to us because they say, ``Well, obviously you are partisan on that,'' these publications are not partisan voices who evaluate this economy and say that America is finally on the right track. It is growing, moving ahead, reducing poverty, increasing employment, reducing inflation, reducing interest rates. That is good for this country. The point today is, again, in an era of so much bad news and in a society which entertains people with other people's dysfunctional behavior and bad news, it is time to trumpet a little bit that we are finally moving in the right direction--deficits down, unemployment down, employment up, inflation down. It is finally important for us to say that we have turned the corner, and America is moving ahead.”