Timothy Roemer: “this bill is dripping and glowing red, not the red of compassion of Valentine's Day, but the red of deficits and the red…”

“this bill is dripping and glowing red, not the red of compassion of Valentine's Day, but the red of deficits and the red ink that is not paid for and will cost taxpayers across the country. This will cost taxpayers $180 billion over 5 years, and the Bush budget has an $80 billion shortfall. I voted for a tax cut that puts money in workers' pockets last July. I would vote for a bipartisan package of depreciation allowance and unemployment benefits for our workers today. But this bill has things in it such as subpart F. Does that help our workers? No, that is for banks and insurance companies who operate overseas. If they put it here domestically, they lose the benefit. How is that a stimulus? Mr. Speaker, we have passed bipartisan education reform. We have passed bipartisan campaign finance reform. Let us work together with a bipartisan stimulus that helps our workers and helps our economy.”