[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       BIPARTISAN SAFE COMMISSION

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I offered a bipartisan commission amendment to 
the stimulus bill when it came before the Appropriations Committee and 
it failed. Had that amendment passed, we could have helped create jobs, 
deal with the debt and deal with the deficit.
  Now 6 months later, we have unemployment rates at a 26-year high, and 
some say it will go to 11 percent, and some even say 12 and 13 percent.
  We have piled another $787 billion on top of our children and our 
grandchildren. Social Security is in trouble. Medicare is in trouble. 
Medicaid is in trouble. Let's pass this bipartisan amendment so we can 
get control of the debt, get control of the deficit, create a 
renaissance in this country and create new jobs.

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