    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 51 (Monday, December 24, 2001)]
    [Pages 1811-1812]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on House of Representatives Action on the Economic Stimulus
    Package

    December 20, 2001

        I commend the House of Representatives for its leadership in passing
    an economic security package that will help workers and get our economy
    growing. This bipartisan plan will help ensure that workers have access
    to health care and unemployment benefits, that new jobs will be created,
    and that people will have more money in their pockets. For the sake of
    America's workers, I call on the Senate to act now on this plan, which
    can pass the Senate with a bipartisan majority if it is brought up for a
    vote. If this bipartisan bill gets to my desk, I will sign it.

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