[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21960-21961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE NEEDED

  (Mr. TOOMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. Speaker, people across America, across Pennsylvania, 
across the Lehigh Valley and Upper Macungie, the valleys that I 
represent, are losing their jobs in very disturbing numbers.
  In October, we had a record high numbers of Americans who lost their 
jobs. The actual loss of jobs or the threat of a loss of jobs is 
hitting all of us: our families, our neighbors, our friends. And it is 
about time that Congress responded.
  We need an economic stimulus package that is going to lower the 
record-high tax burden that is impeding our

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economic growth and create the incentives to bring people back to work 
because the people who are losing their jobs across Pennsylvania, they 
do not want to know how long they can stay out of work; they want to 
know how quickly they can get back to work.
  Mr. Speaker, it is our responsibility to help create an environment 
where that is possible. The President has called for an economic 
stimulus package. This Chamber has passed one, but the Democratic 
majority in the other Chamber insists on bickering and wasting time 
when Americans need the opportunity to get back to work.
  Some on the other side would like to load this up with government 
spending, which may be nice pork barrel politics in their district, but 
it will not get Americans back to work. I urge the other Chamber to 
adopt an economic stimulus package, and do it now.

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