[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 177 (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H13391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE STIMULUS PLAN IS WORKING

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, despite mountains of evidence to the 
contrary, our Republican friends persist in saying ``Bah, humbug'' 
whenever you talk about the stimulus effect. In fact, my constituent, 
Senator Mitch McConnell, yesterday on the Senate floor called the 
Recovery Act a failure.
  Well, obviously he has been too busy obstructing the work of the 
Congress to go home and see what's happening in his own community, 
because he ought to tell the people at GE's Appliance Park that it's a 
failure when 400 new jobs are coming back from China because of 
stimulus money; or the hundreds of people who are now working on 
renovating our interstate system, $30 million worth of work, courtesy 
of the American Recovery Act; or the 80 people who will be employed at 
the new maintenance center; or the 150 teachers who are still in the 
classrooms in Jefferson County Public Schools because of Recovery Act 
dollars.
  Yes, we have plenty of work to do. There are too many people that are 
out of work, and we are committed to doing that, instead of saying, 
Bah, humbug, no, no, we won't do anything. That's the message we're 
getting from the other side, but we will continue to work for the 
American people.

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