[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 4-5]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                AMERICANS NEED ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, we are in a recession. People are losing 
their jobs and their retirement savings. The Congress needs to do 
something about it.

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  The House has passed an economic stimulus package, not once, but 
twice, in order to accommodate critics. It is common knowledge that the 
economic stimulus package we passed in December has enough support to 
become law. It has enough votes to pass not just in the House but in 
both Chambers of Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, we in the House have done our part. We have passed a 
good bill, a bill that will help the unemployed, the underemployed, and 
those who would create jobs in the first place. We have shown that we 
care. We have done more than just talk.
  Now the bill is out of our hands. I understand that it is against 
House rules to comment on the other body's inaction, so I will not. But 
I will say that the American people need this economic stimulus. I will 
say that the media reports that the stimulus has the votes to pass into 
law, and people are waiting for a vote.

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