[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    MOVING TOWARDS ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND 
                            REINVESTMENT ACT

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I simply want to 
report that I held two economic recovery workshops in Dallas yesterday 
with almost a thousand people attending. And it's because the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an unprecedented effort to dig 
ourselves out of the recession and move toward economic recovery and 
then long-term sustained prosperity.
  Communities in my district have already received tens of thousands of 
dollars in recovery money. The Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic was 
able to open a satellite clinic. DFW Airport will be able to start the 
$2 million runway rehabilitation project immediately. The Dallas 
Independent School District has received more than $78 million to 
support low-income students.
  We inherited quite a mess with the last administration. There is 
plenty of work left to do, and we want to be a part of it. I am proud 
to have voted for the Recovery Act.

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