[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICANS DESERVE BETTER

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, in Montana, we often say there are only two 
seasons: winter and construction.
  This August, at the peak of the construction season, I drove almost 
3,500 miles around Montana, having listening sessions.
  While it's not strange to see road construction in Montana in August, 
signs telling drivers that the funds for the construction came from the 
so-called ``stimulus'' were new. These signs provide no jobs or long-
term investment in our economy. Instead, they represent the worst kind 
of political credit-taking.
  What's more, the signs are wrong. The dollars Congress allocates come 
from taxpayers. In this case, it would have been more accurate to say: 
``A project funded by our children and grandchildren.'' There are 
better ways to fund and to spend millions of dollars.
  Last week, the Senate had a chance to stop wasting money on these 
signs, but failed to do so. We can do better in the House, and we must 
because Americans deserve better.

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