Jolene Unsoeld said "rhetoric flows freely in this well and throughout this House, particularly political rhetoric. Last year it foamed and flowed over the Clinton economic package. In August, Mr. Kasich said, ``We will come back here next year and try to help you when this puts the economy in the gutter.'' The minority whip said, ``I believe this will lead to a recession next year. This is the Democrat machine's recession, and each one of them will be held personally accountable.'' Mr. Alan Greenspan is hardly a flaming radical, but at the end of January of this year he said, ``I do not recall as good an underlying base for the long-term outlook as we have today in the last two or three decades.'' Mr. Speaker, I will gladly be accountable for what has taken place, but for what will we make the minority whip accountable?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 3, 1994

rhetoric flows freely in this well and throughout this House, particularly political rhetoric. Last year it foamed and flowed over the Clinton economic package. In August, Mr. Kasich said, ``We will come back here next year and try to help you when this puts the economy in the gutter.'' The minority whip said, ``I believe this will lead to a recession next year. This is the Democrat machine's recession, and each one of them will be held personally accountable.'' Mr. Alan Greenspan is hardly a flaming radical, but at the end of January of this year he said, ``I do not recall as good an underlying base for the long-term outlook as we have today in the last two or three decades.'' Mr. Speaker, I will gladly be accountable for what has taken place, but for what will we make the minority whip accountable?

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Jolene Unsoeld

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Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the rhetoric surrounding the Clinton economic package and accountability for economic outcomes.

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