[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                THE STIMULUS PACKAGE HAS BEEN PRODUCTIVE

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, we just had a question raised as to the 
effectiveness of the stimulus package in creating jobs. Well, I know 
that Mr. Cantor from Virginia tries to criticize the package for not 
being productive, but you can't convince the members of my district of 
that.
  In my district alone, according to the school district, 150 teaching 
jobs were saved; we are beginning construction on a new facility for 
our transit system, putting 80 new jobs on the street. Most 
importantly, we had an announcement from GE, General Electric appliance 
park, that they are moving a unit back from China building 
revolutionary environmentally advanced water heaters creating more than 
400 new jobs in my district. That's the result of stimulus money being 
used for an incentive.
  And, finally, we've seen housing gains for the first time in a year 
of 10 percent in both July and August due to the first-time homebuyers' 
credit that was part of that stimulus package.
  So when the American people wonder whether that stimulus package, 
which is still in its infant stages--20 percent, at most, of the 
money's gone out--you can look at Louisville, Kentucky, and I'll give 
you evidence that the stimulus package is working and creating jobs.

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