[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]




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           STIMULATING OUR ECONOMY THROUGH ANOTHER JOBS BILL

  (Mr. WU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WU. Madam Speaker, to form a government requires positive steps, 
and it is much less about what one is against than about what one is 
for. Who can forget that sense of free-fall in our economy last fall 
when we weren't sure, those of us who had money in money market 
accounts, that we were going to get 100 pennies back on the dollar that 
we put into a bank. Who could forget the sense of free-fall in March or 
April when it wasn't clear where our economy was ever going to go?
  But this Congress and the administration stepped up to the plate. We 
passed a stimulus bill that cushioned the loss of jobs and is beginning 
to bring jobs back. More than half the Recovery Act money is still 
going to be spent into our economy. We passed a new unemployment 
extension benefit that will take effect and cushion the blow for 
working families.
  But American families that have lost their jobs know that we need to 
do more, and we are going to do more. In contrast, Republicans have 
offered nothing. They voted ``no'' on creating jobs. We are going to 
say ``yes,'' and we're going to pass another jobs bill and stimulate 
our economy.

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