[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 19665-19666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              JOB CREATION

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight where some of the 
stimulus jobs are located. While some States have refused the stimulus 
money that is available, I want to acknowledge some of the areas that 
are using the stimulus funds to create jobs today.
  In my State of New Jersey, the funding has gone towards good-paying 
jobs for New Jerseyan workers. Six thousand summer jobs were created 
for New Jersey youth using funds allotted

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under the Workforce Investment Act Youth Recovery Act. Over 60 jobs 
have been created in transportation, and at least 20 people are 
currently working on housing improvements for the Woodbridge Public 
Housing Authority. At least 62 people are working for the Newark 
Housing Authority, including union workers, to renovate vacant 
apartments and to prepare for future construction. These are just a few 
of the projects, but it's not just New Jersey that is seeing jobs 
increase as a result of the stimulus funding.
  Yesterday, The New York Times highlighted Perry County, Tennessee, 
where hundreds of laid-off workers are now, once again, back to work. 
Since deciding to use the stimulus money to employ 300 jobs, ranging 
from the State Transportation Department to small businesses, the 
unemployment has dropped from 27 to 22 percent in that county. That's 
where the jobs went.

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