[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  BAD JOB NUMBERS SHOW THE NEED FOR A SECOND ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE

  (Mr. WILSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WILSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, American families are facing real 
hardships as news of the slowing economy continues to make headlines. 
The latest troubles came with the release of the March job numbers, the 
fact that 80,000 people lost their jobs last month. This was not only 
the third straight month of job losses, but it also was the worst in 
the last 5 years.
  Clearly, Washington must do more to stimulate the economy and assist 
middle-class families. Already this year, working in a bipartisan way, 
the Democratic Congress enacted an economic stimulus package that will 
give families in real need relief by providing recovery rebates 
starting this next month, raising loan limits for mortgages, and 
backing the Federal Housing Administration.
  This is a good start, but it can't be the end of our efforts to 
reverse the negative impact of 7 years of failed economic policies.
  Mr. Speaker, we did earlier this year what Democrats need to do, and 
that is pursue commonsense solutions to what our problems are and help 
get our economy back on track, create jobs, and speed assistance to 
families that are struggling.

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