On the recordMay 11, 2010
Mr. Speaker, here is the state of the Union: Unemployment remains almost 10 percent. Sixteen million people have lost their jobs. Taxes are going up. The health care bill costs $300 billion more than the American people were told. The Nation's deficit has doubled in the last year because of excessive government spending. Our foreign policy also has run a deficit. The world is a more dangerous place today. Iran is closer to making a nuclear bomb. We have insulted our allies--Western Europe and Israel. There is no victory in Iraq or Afghanistan. It's time for a change all right. We need a bipartisan balance in Washington, not a one-party monopoly. ____________________
