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Joe Wilson: I think we are going to do something here in the House tomorrow that is very important for this country. The House…

On the recordDecember 18, 2001
I think we are going to do something here in the House tomorrow that is very important for this country. The House passed on October 24 an economic stimulus bill, which was a good bill. I did not support everything in it, but we decided we were going to move things forward because we needed to help people keep the jobs they have, create new jobs, and help the families of those who are unemployed through no fault of their own during this slowdown to make it over the hump with unemployment insurance and health care. Tomorrow, the House, without any further action from the Senate, will probably pass another economic stimulus bill to say, you know, we are determined to do this. We are going to make another huge effort to do this in the House and leave it up to Senator Daschle to decide whether or not he is going to move forward. We will give him a great bill that no American, when they look at it in any reasonable way, could object to.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of passing an economic stimulus bill during a slowdown.

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