[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ECONOMIC STIMULUS

  (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, it has been 10 months since this recession 
began, and it has been nearly that long since President Bush created a 
plan to boost the American economy. The House of Representatives passed 
that plan. It was a good one. It would have put people back to work, 
but there are two halves to Congress, and the other half did not like 
the plan, so we compromised.
  We passed a new plan. This one was reported to have the votes to pass 
both Chambers, but the vote has not been allowed on the other side.
  Mr. Speaker, hundreds of thousands of Americans are out of work. 
Several major employers have gone bankrupt. Pension funds have 
shriveled up. The American people need an economic stimulus package, 
and they need it now.
  I do not know what more we can do on this side of the Rotunda to make 
that happen, and I think we are all getting tired of waiting for the 
other side, and the American people are, too.

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