[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10597]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH PACKAGE

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge 
my colleagues in the House to support a real jobs and economic growth 
package. It is time to bring much-needed stimulus to our economy and to 
bring renewed hope to American workers. There are currently several 
million Americans actively looking for work and unable to find it. For 
those individuals and those families, it is imperative that we do all 
that we can to put this willing, able and well-qualified workforce to 
work. We must provide the means for economic growth and job creation. 
That is what creates jobs. We need to put more money in the hands of 
American workers to spend and invest so that jobs can be created. When 
individuals have more disposable income, they spend it or invest it, 
and that improves the situation of businesses. When businesses have 
more money at their disposal, they can expand and hire more people. Tax 
relief creates jobs. It is that simple. The more people we have 
working, the more money we will see spent and invested in this country. 
The more money we see spent and invested in this country, the quicker 
the economy will rebound. The quicker the economy rebounds, the better 
off we will all be.

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