[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 108 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SUCCESS OF STIMULUS

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, last week, during the debate on 
disaster relief funding, a Republican from Louisiana called the 
stimulus bill a ``disaster.'' I wonder if the victims of disasters such 
as the BP spill or Hurricane Katrina would agree. Let's compare.
  Katrina destroyed about 400,000 jobs and caused $100 billion in 
damages. The stimulus bill gave $237 billion in tax breaks to 95 
percent of American workers. According to the CBO, the stimulus bill 
saved or created 3.3 million jobs this year alone. Does that sound like 
a disaster, Mr. Speaker?
  We are still counting the losses from the BP oil spill, but we know 
that companies like BP get $4 billion in tax subsidies every year. 
That's what I call a disaster. On the other hand, the stimulus bill 
saved over 400,000 jobs. Over 6,000 of those educational jobs are in 
Louisiana and 48,000 in Florida. Does that sound like a disaster to 
you?
  Today I will place in the Congressional Record the latest breakdown 
of the educational jobs saved by the stimulus.

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