[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3635]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       A STIMULUS FOR MAIN STREET

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, you know, this Nation is in a recession, 
and our constituents are absolutely outraged with what they see 
happening in this House. They want action. But they do not want the 
Democrat stimulus bill that passed the Senate yesterday. What they want 
is a stimulus for Main Street. They know the best stimulus is a job.
  They do not want the Democrat big government stimulus bill that was 
passed across in the other Chamber yesterday. They know that stimulus 
should be targeted, it should be immediate, it should be temporary, and 
it should yield results.
  Yesterday's bill brings us $400 million on social services block 
grants, $300 million for green golf carts, $198 million on the DHS 
headquarters consolidation, $300 million on FBI construction, $125 
million for District of Columbia water and sewer projects.
  What they want is focused, targeted stimulus, not a big bill that our 
children and grandchildren are going to continue to pay for the rest of 
their lives. Let's oppose this bill. Let's focus on targeted stimulus 
that will yield results.

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