On the recordMay 25, 2010
It is important for us, I believe, Madam Speaker, to talk about the changed order of policies, the new direction, the opportunities that we believe are essential if we are going to grow this economy after having witnessed what many would suggest to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. It took a turnaround in thinking. It took new leadership. It took a transition from the failed policies of the past. The Bush recession, the Republican policies that dominated Washington, brought us into economic woes. It brought this country into a situation that found people in the ranks of the unemployed and brought the American economy to its knees--as I indicated, the worst since the Great Depression. What I think is important to note is that, when we talk about choices, when we talk about contrasts, it is looking at where the allegiances lie. With the Republican Party, it was siding with big banks, with Wall Street, with the big oil companies, with credit card companies, certainly with the insurance industry, and in making certain that those special interests were their priorities. Well, the turnaround here is an alignment with the American worker.
