[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24594-24595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CHANGING A LIGHT BULB IS A STIMULUS JOB

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, they tell us, sir, that the stimulus 
bill is working and creating jobs. Well, let's see.
  In Houston, some houses are getting taxpayer funded home makeovers. 
Wayne Dolcefino of KTRK Channel 13 Undercover in Houston reports that 
the city is getting $327 million in stimulus money to weatherize homes. 
Under the stimulus boondoggle bonanza, taxpayers are on the hook for 
$6,500 per house. Of course, not everyone is getting a home makeover. 
Most Houstonians aren't going to get the brand new ceiling fans 
installed. They're not going to get the brand new insulation and the 
weather stripping or the brand new refrigerators. And most won't even 
get the new curly light bulbs that contain mercury. They'll just get 
stuck with the bill.

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  How does greening homes for a selected group of handpicked people 
create jobs? Well, it doesn't. Paying people to change out the light 
bulbs is what the taxacrats call a green job. No wonder Americans are 
just shaking their heads in contempt of government. So the stimulus 
scam continues.
  And that's just the way it is.

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