Saving America From An Economic Abyss

Floor Speech

Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, there is always a great deal of danger in spontaneous reactions to elections. One of the things that I thought about last night when I watched Scott Brown accept his victory in Massachusetts was that he didn't talk about returning to the agenda of 2000-2008. He didn't talk about returning to Bush economics or the Republican agenda. As a matter of fact, he never mentioned the word ``Republican.''

What he did talk about, and he talked about it extremely well, was about the need for us to listen to the people, that the job wasn't his job or a Kennedy job. This was the people's job. It's a lesson for all of us to learn.

The true political victory will be won by the party and the individuals who demonstrate responsiveness to the needs of their communities and of their citizens. We have been doing that now for a year. I think we can make a strong case on the Democratic side that we have saved this country from an economic abyss. We will continue to do that while we continue to listen to the people we work for.

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