[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21802]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    REBUILDING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, yesterday, both Warren Buffett and Fed 
Chairman Ben Bernanke said the recession is very likely over. While 
most Americans are still months away from experiencing any sign of 
recovery firsthand, we can take heart in the fact that, as a Nation, we 
have just managed to avoid the economic precipice we faced just 1 year 
ago.
  Just 200 days since the passage of the stimulus bill, 30,000 
construction projects have begun. Jobs of 5,000 police officers and 
nurses and of 135,000 teachers have been saved; and all across our 
great country, Americans are working to rebuild the economy. From 
veterans who are going to college on the GI Bill, to entrepreneurs who 
are developing innovative technologies for clean energy, to the work 
we're doing here in Congress to reform our financial regulations and to 
ensure that all Americans have access to quality medical care, our job 
has just begun.
  It is still too early to celebrate success, but it is time to 
encourage those policies that work and to have the courage to change 
those that are in need of reform.

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