[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DEMOCRATS HAVE DELIVERED FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. LIEU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LIEU. Madam Speaker, last year Democrats passed the American 
Rescue Plan that provided funding to schools so they could reopen, 
funding to cities and States so that first responders, municipal 
employees, and county employees didn't get laid off, and it got 
stimulus checks to the American people.
  As a result, we were able to have over 6 million jobs created since 
January 20, 2020, and the lowest unemployment rate now in nearly 50 
years.
  However, with the opening of our economies across the world, 
inflation has happened, including in the United States, and that is why 
I am so pleased that the Biden administration has announced $14 billion 
to go to 500 Army Corps of Engineers projects, including at ports to 
help with supply chain issues. By making sure we can move goods faster 
and easier and to address these supply chain issues, we will reduce the 
cost of goods, and that was because Democrats also passed the 
infrastructure law. Democrats have delivered for the people.

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