[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the legislation 
we will be voting on in a few hours. It isn't perfect, but it will 
provide critical assistance to States' strapped budgets. It will save 
or create more than 300,000 jobs.
  Now, during the debate over restoring the unemployment insurance 
program, the Republicans whined out here on floor that the bill wasn't 
paid for. I will remind them the bill before us is paid for and, in 
fact, will reduce the deficit by nearly $1.5 billion. So we shouldn't 
hear one single word from now till 3 o'clock about it ain't paid for. 
It is paid for.
  I will say it again. It will save 300,000 jobs.
  Still, I bet every Republican will vote ``no.'' Why? Not because they 
think it's a bad policy, but because they want to do everything in 
their power to make certain that President Obama can't get this country 
going again. They have been dragging their feet for 18 months, 20 
months now. Come November, I think they are going to find it was a dumb 
policy.

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