[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            JOBS, JOBS, JOBS

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to bring to everyone's 
attention something that is on everyone's mind: Jobs, jobs, jobs.
  America needs to get back to work, because without a job you can't 
pay off your mortgage, without a job you can't pay your health care 
bills. We need jobs in this country. How can we get that done?
  I think it is time that we treat small business on Main Street the 
same way the past administration treated their friends on Wall Street, 
and that is with the number ``zero.'' Zero percent interest. If the 
Federal funds rate of zero percent is good for their friends on Wall 
Street and between bank lending, maybe that is the number that small 
businesses ought to get on Main Street.
  When credit is available to small businesses, we can generate 
millions and millions of new higher wage jobs. Let's treat Main Street 
like the past administration treated Wall Street.

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