John A. Boccieri: “Thank you. I thank the gentlemen here today for talking about how we can get our economy back on track and put America…”

“Thank you. I thank the gentlemen here today for talking about how we can get our economy back on track and put America back to work. We're beginning to see the signs of economic recovery. Ten successive months of manufacturing growth has led to an upturn in manufacturing and our output in Ohio and many Midwestern States. We've seen the housing sector improve. The housing sector of the economy is very important to our economy because every recession since the Great Depression, the housing sector has led us out of any downturns in the economy we've ever had. And, in fact, when you think about all that goes into building a new home with steel and wood and carpeting and drapes--you build a third car garage, you've got to put a car in it--the appliances, I mean, there is a lot of economic output, especially with those household products like washers and dryers and the like that require a great deal of manufacturing output. So we're beginning to see upturns in the economy because of that. Now look, we lost a lot of jobs, millions of jobs under previous economic policies. It's going to take us a while to get back and grow the economy and get back to the confidence levels that we all share that we're in a stronger position, but we're on the right track.”