Lynn A. Westmoreland: “I want to just say, you know, as I spent time at home this weekend, I would see the polls were 38 percent of the…”

“I want to just say, you know, as I spent time at home this weekend, I would see the polls were 38 percent of the American people in favor of this stimulus bill. Evidently those 38 percent don't understand that this is a government-expansion spending bill and not really a stimulus bill. But I don't know who the 38 percent of those people were because everybody I talked to in my district was upset that we were trying to create new government spending programs and claim it to be a stimulus. There are 20 new programs in this stimulus bill that have never been in the government before, 20 new programs. But let me say this: The things that we are spending money on, such as car credits--a lot of people say, ``Good. Car credits are great,'' but they're for two-wheel, three-wheel electric plug-ins; not for the cars that are sitting on these lots today that these dealers need to get rid of. Spending other people's money does not stimulate.”