[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13711]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     DEMOCRATS HELP REBUILD ECONOMY

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, with the price of groceries, 
gasoline and health care rising every day, Americans everywhere are 
feeling the economic squeeze. They worry about losing their jobs and 
their homes, and they fear losing their standard of living.
  The Democratic Congress has led the way in working to jump start the 
American economic recovery by approving $107 billion in stimulus checks 
that have already reached 76 million homes.
  With job losses exceeding 324,000 this year, with 48,000 having been 
lost in the month of May alone, we acted quickly last week to extend 
unemployment benefits for millions of workers who are having a hard 
time finding a job. These benefits will help struggling families put 
food on the table and gas in their cars.
  Congress has passed the most comprehensive legislation responding to 
the devastating housing crisis. The package will help millions of 
families avoid foreclosure, and it will rehabilitate properties in 
areas hit hard by the housing crisis.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a good beginning, but we must do more to 
alleviate the economic hurt Americans are enduring, and we must work 
together to turn the failed Bush-McCain economy around.

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