[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRESS IS TAKING ACTION TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Madam Speaker, this Congress has finally 
understood and is realizing what the American people have known for so 
long, that after 6 years of mismanagement of our economy by the Bush 
administration that our economy has failed America's working class.
  This Congress is working to change that, having already passed a 
bipartisan economic stimulus package that will help jump-start the 
economy and create up to half a million new American jobs. Later this 
spring, recovery rebate checks of hundreds of dollars will be in the 
hands of 130 million Americans. Most will use it to pay bills, but 
hopefully some will help to spend it on the economy. Late last month we 
passed an energy bill that will help create hundreds of thousands of 
high-paying green collar jobs, lower energy prices, and reduce our 
dependence on foreign oil. And to address the housing crisis, we 
expanded affordable mortgage loan opportunities, strengthened consumer 
protection against risky loans, and raised loan limits to increase 
liquidity in the mortgage market.
  Madam Speaker, this Democratic Congress is working to create more 
jobs, jump-start our economy that has clearly stalled. We are committed 
to addressing those issues that affect America's working class, not 
just the top 1 percent.

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