Sherwood Boehlert: “there is a very basic reason why this House by a vote of 328-99 just rejected an amendment to eliminate funding from…”

“there is a very basic reason why this House by a vote of 328-99 just rejected an amendment to eliminate funding from EDA. Let me point out that this is an increase in support for EDA over last year. Why? Because EDA is an agency who has as its mission preserving existing jobs and creating additional jobs in areas of distress. Let me point out that we are cutting back military installations all over this country to save dollars. EDA has 27 percent of its total budget allocated to help these distressed communities recover from this devastating blow. Mr. Chairman, the favorite four-letter word of many of us in this Chamber, and it is a word you can use in polite company, that favorite four-letter word is jobs. EDA, the Economic Development Administration, is an agency that has proven year after year that it is working with communities in partnership to help preserve jobs, to help create new jobs, and it very much deserves our support.”