[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE RECOVERY ACT IS CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. SCHRADER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHRADER. Mr. Speaker, I've come to the floor this week to dispel 
the assertion by Republican colleagues that the Recovery Act is not 
creating jobs. It's simply not accurate. I would like to talk to you 
about the first four construction transportation projects under way in 
my district.
  Oregon 22, one of the few roads that connects the Willamette Valley 
to the Oregon coast, is getting two overlay construction projects, 
employing 44 and 80 workers respectively. These projects make sure that 
freight and tourists can keep our economy going.
  Twenty workers are being put to work replacing the concrete barriers 
on Interstate 5, a major valley thoroughfare. This makes our highways 
safe. There are 120 workers who are being put to work paving and 
rebuilding sections of Highway 101, the only north-south road that 
connects the small Oregon coastal communities.
  Mr. Speaker, those are 261 jobs under way in my district alone at 
this early stage of the recovery, and there are more in the works.

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