Lynn A. Westmoreland: “What I would like to do today is to talk a little bit about the new stimulus package that President-elect Obama and some…”

“What I would like to do today is to talk a little bit about the new stimulus package that President-elect Obama and some of the leadership has been talking about, the last stimulus package that we did, the rescue plan, and talk a little bit about the timetable. And exactly, Mr. Speaker, where the people of this country may get an idea of exactly where we're going because sometimes things happen so fast in Washington that they don't really have an opportunity to grasp exactly what has happened to them not only now, but in the future. And not only in their future, but in their children's future and in their grandchildren's future. So what I would like to do today is talk a little bit about how we got into the situation that we're in now and what direction the new administration and the new majority or the larger majority is going to take us. And what I would like to do, Mr. Speaker, is start in October of 2007 when the Dow Jones was 14,078, October 10.”