10/24/2017
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"We had a very different situation in terms of President Bush I when you lowered taxes, and Mr. Clinton raised taxes."
"At the beginning of 2009, in the face of political timidity and outright obstructionism, we acted to stem the drop in economic growth and unemployment, and we passed the Recovery Act, February of 2009..."
"The president proposed the American Jobs Act, which included $35 billion to reverse this trend, but it stalled in the Congress."
"I remember the issue when I first came into the Congress when Chris Smith, my brother from New Jersey, a Republican, was pursuing the path of intolerance of religious differences in China."