[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 26 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E265]
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                   ANOTHER SEASON OF FEDERAL SPENDING

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 26, 2010

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, we are about to enter another 
season of federal spending decisions, beginning with a new stimulus 
package that will add another $150 billion to our outrageous federal 
debt.
  What are we getting for this spending? In my home counties of San 
Bernardino and Riverside, California, we have lost 30,000 jobs in the 
past year. Our unemployment rate is 14 percent. Houses have lost half 
of their value in 3 years, and foreclosures have gone from 3,000 3 
years ago to nearly 48,000 last year. The stimulus and runaway spending 
have not brought jobs to my constituents, but they have increased one 
thing: Each man, woman and child could soon owe $48,000 for their share 
of the federal debt. The CBO tells us that just 10 percent of last 
year's stimulus is being spent on job-creation. Let's not make that 
mistake again this year.

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