[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             LIGHT A CANDLE RATHER THAN CURSE THE DARKNESS

  (Mr. FATTAH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, we have heard the report now. Some 34 of our 
States have seen job increases. The American economy is on the move. We 
saw in last month's job numbers some 290,000 additional jobs added to 
our economy, in part because of the work of the majority here in the 
House.
  Unfortunately, with not one Republican vote, we passed important 
programs like the Energy Efficiency Block Grants--some $3.2 billion 
toward an effort that has over 1,000 of our communities retrofitting 
public buildings and installing energy-efficient light bulbs. We're 
doing the work that needs to be done to cut our dependence on foreign 
sources of energy, and we're also doing the work that America needs 
done.
  So this economic recovery, even as others seem to root against our 
economy, is moving forward. The gross domestic product has seen an 
almost 12-point reversal from a 6-point decline to a 6 percent increase 
and, in the last quarter, a 3.9 percent increase, and purchasing is up.
  We are on the move, and Americans all across our country can be 
grateful that there are people in this Congress who would rather light 
a candle than continue to curse the darkness.

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