[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18043]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SELLING THE FAILED STIMULUS PLAN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Five months ago, President Obama warned that if Congress 
failed to pass the stimulus plan, unemployment could reach 9 percent. 
But the President promised if we took action and accepted his stimulus 
plan, unemployment would halt around 8 percent.
  Despite borrowing $787 billion for wasteful government spending under 
the guise of stimulus, the national unemployment rate now stands at 9.5 
percent--a rate not seen in 26 years.
  Even though unemployment is rising at an alarming rate, the President 
continues to sell the American people on his failed stimulus plan. Just 
recently, the President said the stimulus plan had ``done its job.'' 
The American people know better. The American people know you can't 
spend and borrow your way back to a growing economy.
  It's time for a real economic recovery plan, one that puts money back 
in the hands of families and small businesses. It's time for Congress 
to pass the House Republican's economic recovery plan--a plan for 
fiscal discipline and tax relief.

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