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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I will make this one point. Obviously, it is about investments. Not spending, investments. Expecting lucrative dividends, lucrative returns. And who is this cutting frenzy an attack on? It is an attack on middle class America. It is an attack on children, it is an attack on working families, it is an attack on our seniors. And we only get here what we are wanting to invest here. I think that we can go forward with the soundness of policy and a resourcefulness of investments made that allow us to carry us, transition us into a new economy designed intentionally to grow the potential of this Nation. That is what America wants from us, and I think this attack is a tremendously cold-hearted attack on America's working families. It is going to destroy our middle class. Without a strong middle class, there is not a strong America. Someone needs to create the products, build the products; someone needs to purchase the products. And without a strong middle class, without strong purchasing power for that middle class, that story is over. So let's move on. Let's march forward with Make It in America. It is great to join you, Representative Garamendi, for this Special Order.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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