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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PRESIDENT TRUMP HIGHLIGHTS NUMEROUS SUCCESSES
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Missouri (Mr. Smith) for 5 minutes.
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, just over 12 hours ago,
President Donald J. Trump stood in this Chamber and delivered an
incredible State of the Union Address. He highlighted numerous
successes during his time as President of the United States:
Over 7 million jobs created;
Record unemployment--record unemployment--for five decades;
The lowest unemployment in over 70 years for women;
Record unemployment for African, Hispanic, and Asian Americans;
Doubling of the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000;
Orchestrating phase one of the China trade agreement, which increases
the amount of agriculture products that the Chinese have to purchase
from American farmers--the largest purchase in the history of our
country;
Passing of the USMCA agreement. The President campaigned on it. It
was a promise made. It was a promise kept;
The largest military pay raise in the history of this country.
The President said he was going to build a barrier along the southern
border. He highlighted 100 miles of it being finished in his State of
the Union Address yesterday, with 500 more miles still planned.
He highlighted how his administration has approved a record number of
generic drugs, and, for the first time in over 50 years, drug prices
have actually gone down.
He highlighted numerous successes that all Members of Congress who
attended heard. It was unfortunate to sit in this Chamber and watch the
Democrats on the other side not stand, not applaud for these successes
for America, these victories for America, the people who sent us to
Washington, the people we serve, the people who are our bosses. These
are their victories. These are their successes. But just because they
came out of the mouth of President Donald Trump, the Democrats oppose
them.
Folks, that is chaos in government.
Ever since the Democrats took control of this Chamber, they have had
one mission, one mission alone, and that is to remove the duly elected
45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
Their mission wasn't about lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
Their mission was not getting government off the backs of small
businesses, family farmers, and individuals. Their mission was about
removing Donald Trump.
This partisan impeachment sham, this impeachment circus will be done
today. In the United States Senate, President Donald J. Trump will be
acquitted for life. You will see the process that happened in the House
of Representatives was clearly a sham in impeaching the President of
the United States.
It was so unfortunate yesterday to be sitting here and watching
Speaker Pelosi, after the end of the speech, tear up the official
speech of the President of the United States. That shows the true
hatred that the Democrat socialists have for the President of the
United States. That conduct is not fitting for the Speaker of the
House.
When the Speaker tore up that State of the Union speech, she ripped
up the words that recognized one of the last living serving Tuskegee
airmen.
When she ripped up that speech, she ripped up the story of a 21-week-
old surviving child who was born in a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital.
When she ripped up that State of the Union speech, she ripped up the
story and the recognition of the families of Rocky Jones and Kayla
Mueller.
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