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Next week change is finally coming to Washington. Over the last two years, the American people have heard a lot about change, but what exactly will that change be and what will it mean to our constituents?

Today the House must act decisively and in bipartisan fashion to begin the process of rescuing an economy that has been spiraling downward for some time.

This week the crisis on Wall Street hit fever pitch, but families all over the country have been struggling for months. 84,000 Americans lost their jobs last month and the number of unemployed Americans is the highest it has been since 1992.

Last week Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and the stock market fell 500 points. Senator McCain's response---he declared that the fundamentals of the economy were strong.

As consumers' struggle to pay record prices at the pump, Big Oil is set once again to report another quarter of record profits.

While Americans suffer pain at the pump, Republicans and President Bush insist on the same old energy policies that put us on this dangerous path to record high gas prices.

The American people are looking for real energy solutions that will bring down prices at the pump. Unfortunately, all they are getting from Washington Republicans are more of the same old policies that are actually responsible for the high gas prices in the first place.

For seven years Americans have endured the failed economic policies of President Bush---policies that have favored the wealthiest few and the big corporations at the expense of the middle class and those aspiring to reach the middle class.