[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31361]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, this week I stood with 
my colleagues to introduce a bill to audit stimulus funds. It is time 
for Congress to demand answers on behalf of the hardworking taxpayers 
that we represent.
  The misnamed stimulus is one of the largest spending bills in our 
Nation's history, and it is critical that American taxpayers know the 
facts. This is the people's money, not the government's money. It is 
wrong that a well-connected Democrat pollster received $6 million to 
preserve just three jobs when we could provide jobs for dozens of 
families. I urge Speaker Pelosi to consider our legislation to ensure 
full accountability of every dollar spent.
  I first sent a letter to the President asking him to implement the 
recovery panel that the stimulus bill provides. The request went 
unanswered. Therefore, I introduced a national commission to 
investigate how many jobs have actually been saved or created. 
Taxpayers should know, Where's the jobs?
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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