Thomas Foley: “it is a pleasure to be back in Washington here on a Monday and obviously reflect on the past week, and hope that we have…”

“it is a pleasure to be back in Washington here on a Monday and obviously reflect on the past week, and hope that we have seen some brighter economic news emerging: The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ, unemployment numbers dropping slightly. Even though we are still concerned about unemployment, we are making progress. Some of the other intrinsic things that we can judge the economy by are starting to show real signs of progress. Numbers of companies reporting record earnings, improved performance, back order of supplies in inventory diminishing, which is all pointing us in the right direction that this President and Congress has delivered an economic package, a tax incentive package that is starting to stimulate, albeit slowly, the economy back into a performing economic model. We have more to do, and the Committee on Ways and Means will start debating next week opportunities to create jobs here in this country by providing the economic and tax incentives for corporations to remain here in the United States, producing jobs, providing incomes and hopefully financial stability for Americans everywhere.”