Ted Poe: “we've heard a lot about stimulating the economy. We've passed legislation to stimulate the economy. The Senate is doing…”

“we've heard a lot about stimulating the economy. We've passed legislation to stimulate the economy. The Senate is doing the same thing. It's all in the effort to get us out of this economic slump that we are going to supposedly pass legislation of $800 billion to move America forward to stimulate the economy, to have pro-growth. But if you look at this massive bill a little closer, I would like to ask this question: There are some programs in this bill--just a few that I've picked out; there are a lot more--that I question whether or not these will stimulate the economy. By Congress taking taxpayer money and giving it to certain entities, does it stimulate the economy or is it just more pork? Is it just more favoritism to certain entities? In the new Stimulation Economy Act, there's $4 billion that goes to neighborhood stabilization activities. What is that? That's the community groups like ACORN. You know ACORN. That's the one being investigated for voter fraud in several States, yet to be prosecuted, of course, but money to give to these organizations. How does that stimulate the economy? I don't know. Three billion dollars goes to wellness programs; how we can take care of ourselves better. Does that stimulate the economy? Maybe not. One billion dollars for census follow-up. What that means is after the census is taken, then a billion dollars is given to follow up on that. Eight hundred million dollars goes to Amtrak. You know, Amtrak loses money every year.…”