[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, it has been barely over 100 days since the 
Recovery Act was passed by this Congress and signed into law by 
President Obama. Since the recession began, Americans have 
understandingly been worried about our Nation's future and their own 
economic future.
  Because of the Recovery Act, we have created and saved over 150,000 
jobs, cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans, and made funds available 
for over 4,000 transportation projects across the country. We have made 
progress in a short time, but there is still a lot more to do on the 
road to recovery. I commend President Obama on his efforts to speed up 
those efforts to get Americans back to work even faster.
  The Department of Transportation is quickly putting $27.5 billion to 
work creating jobs in my home State of Missouri and across the country 
to rebuild and repair highways, roads, and bridges. By the end of 2010, 
the funds will have created or saved an additional 150,000 jobs.
  Investments in our national transportation system are critical to our 
long-term economic success, and part of getting there will be putting 
people back to work rebuilding America on the road to recovery.

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