[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 155 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H11728-H11729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE STIMULUS: IS THAT ALL THERE IS?

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, this is an appropriate time to ask: Is that 
all there is?
  Yesterday, President Obama's economic adviser, Christina Romer, 
testified before Congress' Joint Economic Committee on the so-called 
stimulus plan. Her testimony was illuminating. She indicated that the 
stimulus plan's greatest impact on economic growth happened between 
April and September of this year. We lost hundreds of thousands of jobs 
during each of these months.
  How could they possibly consider this a success? If the greatest 
impact of the trillion dollar stimulus is behind us and we still 
experience a terrible loss of jobs, that seems the opposite of success.
  This whole scenario reminds me of a Peggy Lee song from 40 years ago, 
called, ``Is That All There Is?''
  Where are the jobs we were promised in this stimulus? According to 
President Obama's economic adviser, the main impact is behind us. 
Really? Is that all there is?
  Republicans have better solutions to get Americans back to work that 
don't involve reckless, ineffective borrowing and spending that drive 
us further into debt. Americans deserve better.

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