[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        STIMULUS MISINFORMATION

  (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 weekend, the 
administration bizarrely claimed that there is ``overwhelming 
consensus'' that we are not losing jobs and are, instead, creating 
them. If this is the case, I encourage the administration to release 
the data to back up this ``overwhelming consensus'' to constituents who 
want to know ``Where are the jobs?''
  The Web site created to monitor the stimulus money is even a failure. 
At one time Recovery.gov was nothing more than a Web site filled with 
misinformation, fake job numbers and fake congressional districts.
  When unemployment numbers hover around 10 percent and when stimulus 
dollars are not reported accurately, it is no wonder that, in the 
opinion of most Americans, stimulus spending is not working. This 
sentiment is highlighted by a recent CBS poll, showing that 74 percent 
of Americans believe that the stimulus had no impact or has made things 
worse.
  It is time for an audit of this failed policy, and it is clearly time 
to stop spending time and taxpayer money promoting a failed program and 
to, instead, focus on implementing policies that will actually create 
long-term, private-sector 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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