On the recordJune 15, 2010
Instead of giving the keys back, we should revoke the license, quite frankly, because these numbers are stark. And I have children who are going to have to pay for this. You have children who are going to have to pay for this. Let's revisit this, a $1.4 trillion deficit under President Reagan, a $3.3 trillion deficit under President H.W. Bush, a $5.6 trillion surplus under President Clinton, an $11.5 trillion deficit under George W. Bush. I mean, the numbers are stark, and every answer or every solution that they tried to come up with is about giving more tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and taking the stripes off the referee. This is not the answer. We need to come together as a country to address this. But certainly the facts are presented here, and that is why it is so important that we have got to invest in the greatest asset in our country, and that's our people. And you know, by doing that with the Recovery Act, investing in workforce investment, retraining workers-- because some of these trade deals have been good for the Ports of Galveston and California and the Port of New York, but they haven't been good for the Midwest. Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz and I understand that by reinvesting in our workforce, helping those workers transition from manufacturing jobs that have left is very important to me.
