[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ECONOMIC STIMULUS

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I voted for the President's 
economic stimulus package, and I think it is going to actually help 
some people, but not nearly enough. In my city and in other major 
cities throughout the country, unemployment among young people is at an 
all-time high.
  For example, in Chicago, more than 50 percent of the young African 
American males between the ages of 16 and 22 do not go to school and do 
not work. We want to stimulate the economy. Let us put young people to 
work, and I guarantee that will help.

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