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WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Obama praised the Wall Street reform bill that he signed into law on Wednesday and explained how it fits into the greater strategy to bring the country out of recession and build an economy for the long run.? The president’s plan is aimed at strengthening the middle class and gives tax breaks to small businesses that creates jobs here, invests in homegrown, clean energy, and cuts taxes for working families.? Unfortunately, when the Republican leader in the House offered his plan to create jobs this week, he presented the same policy ideas that led to this recession – ideas that will kill jobs instead of create them, and will add $1 trillion to the deficit, not reduce it. This week, I signed into law a Wall Street reform bill that will protect consumers and our entire economy from the recklessness and irresponsibility that led to the worst recession of our lifetime.? It’s reform that will help put a stop to the abusive practices of mortgage lenders and credit card companies.? It will end taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street firms.? And it will finally bring the shadowy deals that caused the financial crisis into the light of day. Wall Street reform is a key pillar of an overall economic plan we’ve put in place to dig ourselves out of this recession and build an economy for the long run – an economy that makes America more competitive and our middle-class more secure.? It’s a plan based on the Main Street values of hard work and responsibility – and one that demands new accountability from Wall Street to Washington. Instead of giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, we want to give tax breaks to small business owners who are creating jobs right here in America.? Already, we’ve given small businesses eight new tax cuts, and have expanded lending to more than 60,000 small business owners. We’re also investing in a homegrown, clean energy industry – because I don’t want to see new solar panels and wind tu