[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         NEVADA'S ECONOMY IS THE MOST DISTRESSED IN THE NATION

  (Mr. HELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HELLER. Mr. Speaker, in a recent study Nevada's economy is now 
determined to be the most distressed in the Nation; and if you recall, 
4 months ago we passed a stimulus package and we were promised by this 
administration, and by the majority, if we do this, if we pass this 
stimulus package, that we'd only have 8 percent unemployment. It would 
never exceed 8 percent unemployment. Yet we had to do it right now. We 
had to pass this piece of legislation.
  Well, I'm here to tell you today that Nevada's unemployment is at 12 
percent, and that this administration says that the unemployment is 
even going to go higher.
  So the question is, What did the stimulus do for Nevada? Well, in Las 
Vegas, Las Vegas has received to date $4,833. So the question is, 
Where's the money? $4,833 to Nevada and to Las Vegas.
  Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said, ``I bet more on a football game 
than what the city's received.''
  I ask the Speaker: Where's the money and where are the jobs?

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