[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           ECONOMIC STIMULUS

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of debate this morning 
already about no opportunities, but of course our friends on the other 
side will get an opportunity for a motion to recommit; and I think they 
can use that to highlight the plan, whatever it is that they have to 
offer.
  In southern Illinois we still have some of those old water pumps. You 
crank that pump and sometimes you crank and crank and there is no water 
that comes out. So what do you have to do? You have to get water. You 
have to pour it down to prime it. And then as you use that pump, the 
water comes up. That is what we are trying to do today.
  There are two basic provisions on this tax cut bill, one is for 
individuals and one is for businesses, directed primarily to small 
businesses, the main job-creation engine of our country. It is not just 
individuals who are hurting but local governments are hurting, 
counties, States, townships, local communities. The best way to get us 
out of our deficits and our malaise and our problems throughout this 
country is to get a growing, thriving economy. That is what we are 
trying to do today. That is what this bill does. That is why I support 
it.

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