[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23610]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              WPA PROGRAM

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. The recent economic report indicates that unemployment 
is approaching 10 percent. That means that close to 15 million 
Americans officially are out of work, but tens of millions more are 
underemployed. We have a Nation that is yearning for a major jobs 
program. We have to go beyond the weak stimulus that spent a hundred 
billion--seems like a lot of money--but $100 billion for capital 
improvements, when the fact of the matter is we have close to $3 
trillion in infrastructure needs.
  If we can match the unemployment in the country with infrastructure 
needs, we can go back to what FDR did in the 1930s, which is to create 
a new WPA that puts millions of Americans back to work, restoring our 
economy and giving people a chance to restore their own lives.
  It's time for a new WPA program. Let's put America back to work. 
Let's address this unemployment crisis directly.

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