[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SENATE COMPOUNDS WASTEFUL SPENDING

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, it is important that we continue to help the 
American people understand what is in this so-called ``stimulus bill.'' 
The bill passed last week, but in addition to every Republican voting 
``no,'' there were 11 brave Democrats who also voted ``no.'' That has 
not been told much on the news.
  Here are some more facts about how the Senate, which is now debating 
the bill, has made this awful bill even worse. When the public knows 
the facts, it then can react and tell its Members what they should and 
shouldn't do. The Senate added $88 million for ATV trails, park trails, 
fish and wildlife trails and fish passages. There is $524 million to 
create 388 jobs in the United States through the State Department 
Capital Investment Fund. This equals $1.35 million per job created. 
There is $696 million for the Department of Homeland Security 
headquarters consolidation, $70 million for a support computer for 
climate research, $34 million of renovations at the Department of 
Commerce and $20 million for IT improvements to the Bureau of Industry 
and Security. The American people are angry, and they should be.

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