[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK

  (Mr. OBERSTAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my astonishment and 
disappointment that the entire Republican Conference voted against H. 
Res. 1125 for the observance of National Public Works Week. I want to 
restate the resolved clause: Supports the goals and ideals of National 
Public Works Week; recognizes and celebrates the 50th anniversary of 
National Public Works Week.
  There were three items in the ``whereas'' clauses that referred to 
the investment of funds under the Recovery Act. Those are figures drawn 
from information reported to our committee by the States and reported 
every 30 days by this committee and distributed to every Member of this 
House. For some reason, the other side of the aisle chose to vote 
against that. They didn't like that reference in this resolution. 
That's the only conclusion I can draw from this unanimous act of voting 
against Public Works Week.
  Tomorrow, our committee will hold the 15th in its series of hearings 
on the performance under the Recovery Act on the programs under our 
committee's jurisdiction, and we will show that direct, indirect, and 
induced jobs reached 1.2 million.

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