[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

  (Mrs. DAHLKEMPER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues on the other side have 
been asking where are the jobs?
  Well, I just came back from 2 weeks in Pennsylvania in my district, 
the Third District of Pennsylvania, and I can tell you there are jobs 
coming to my district, and I'm excited. I'm excited for the 
reinvestment part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: $130 
million in broadband Internet expansion in Pennsylvania, which will 
bring hundreds and hundreds of jobs to my State. But beyond that, 
reinvestment for the future for our businesses, for our students, and 
for our residents of Pennsylvania.
  I also went to Meadville and saw a biomass project that's going to go 
forward which will create great energy savings for the school district, 
for the recreational facility, and for the career and technical 
institute there. That will create 25 jobs this summer, but reinvestment 
so that energy costs for those three facilities will be much decreased 
over the year and they can reinvest in our students. Shriners Hospital 
for Children, $250,000 for energy savings; $63,000 a year they're going 
to save on their energy bills, money that can be used for children's 
care, free children's care.
  The jobs are out there.

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