Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 minutes. Mr. Chairman, we hear all the votes and the claims from our Democrat friends about how great the economy is going and what great leadership they have shown from the White House to get people back to work. They claim millions and millions and millions of jobs, but Americans don't feel that way and for good reason. Let's put all this job surge in perspective. Now, here is the average economy recoveries--because America does face tough times from time to time. We normally bounce back pretty strongly, but not this time and not under this President. If you look at job creation in the last 4 years, this is the average of the other recoveries. This is the Reagan average. That was real economic growth, and as you can tell, only twice in the last 4 years or more has the Obama recovery even met average. Only 2 months out of more than 4 years has this recovery even been merely average, and it has never reached the real strong growth of the Reagan recovery because unemployment, by the way, reached higher points in this recession. So, clearly, by underperforming, by being so disappointing, what this chart really shows is the millions of Americans--middle class Americans--who have been left behind by this disappointing recovery. You look at this and you wonder: Well, so what does this mean to the economy? In the next chart, I will show you what is missing.…”