[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1645-1646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRESS SHOULD ACT IN BIPARTISAN FASHION TO ADDRESS OUR NATION'S 
                           ECONOMIC RECESSION

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, over the last couple weeks House 
committees, including Transportation and Infrastructure, on which I 
serve, have worked hard to craft an economic recovery package that 
would address the deep recession problems that we have. Likewise, over 
the last couple of months, we've worked with President

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Obama, and we have listened to economists, over 10 of them, all who say 
action needs to happen now.
  Today, President Obama will meet with my colleagues, congressional 
Republicans, in a bipartisan fashion to really explain why this package 
is the best way to move forward and to turn this economy around. 
Conservative economic policies have not worked. In fact, we haven't 
produced jobs, and there has not been a production of economic 
prosperity.
  The American people demanded change in November. The Economic 
Recovery and Reinvestment Package strives to do just that, helping to 
bring American jobs and providing 90 percent of middle Americans an 
immediate tax cut.
  Mr. Speaker, if congressional Republicans really listen to President 
Obama today, they will support the legislation, and they will join us 
for change.

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