[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      OPPOSE THE STIMULUS PACKAGE

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise and congratulate my 
colleague from Michigan. The long and distinguished career of Mr. 
Dingell is to be congratulated by all of us.
  But today I rise in strong opposition to what is working its way back 
to the floor of this House in the form of a so-called ``stimulus 
package.'' This package will stimulate Big Government. It is not going 
to stimulate our economy.
  And with regard to the comments of the gentleman from Oregon, let me 
just say that I would invite all of my colleagues and everyone in the 
country to look at what is in this legislation and they will see that 
this is all about growing the size of government, not creating jobs to 
grow our economy.
  And I would invite people to look at the Republican alternative, 
which we have offered, which costs half as much money and is projected 
to create twice as many jobs. That is what people want. That is what 
people understand. They want to see the great engine of growth in this 
country, the small businesses empowered by the kinds of incentives that 
are contained in our legislation to create the jobs that are needed in 
this country. Oppose the stimulus. This is not the way to rebuild the 
American economy.

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