Dave Camp: “every Member of this House believes we should and must act to get this economy moving again to help struggling families…”

“every Member of this House believes we should and must act to get this economy moving again to help struggling families and employers through this global economic crisis. But action for the sake of acting will mean little to families if it is not accompanied with positive results. This morning we awake to a spate of headlines that the deal made behind closed doors, and what we've still not been able to fully review, given its $1.1 million price tag will do more harm than good. From the McClatchy News Service: ``Will the stimulus actually stimulate? Economists say no.'' From the Associated Press: ``Analysis: Stimulus won't jump-start the economy.'' From the Congressional Budget Office--and there's a chart behind me that shows it--``This partisan stimulus package ends up harming our economy.'' And, again, while it's clear we must act, we must ensure the action we take actually stimulates the economy and lays the foundation for real sustained job creation in the private sector. There's a smarter, simpler way to stimulate the economy. It's not by running up the deficit by funding pet projects that are often wasteful. As you well know, we produced an alternative to both the Senate and House versions that would create twice the jobs at half the cost. Let me repeat that. Republicans developed a plan that would create twice the jobs at half the cost. And that isn't my analysis or some conservative think tank. That fact is based on the data and methodology of Dr.…”