Where Are The Jobs

Floor Speech

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, this week I stood with my colleagues to introduce a bill to audit stimulus funds. It is time for Congress to demand answers on behalf of the hardworking taxpayers that we represent.

The misnamed stimulus is one of the largest spending bills in our Nation's history, and it is critical that American taxpayers know the facts. This is the people's money, not the government's money. It is wrong that a well-connected Democrat pollster received $6 million to preserve just three jobs when we could provide jobs for dozens of families. I urge Speaker Pelosi to consider our legislation to ensure full accountability of every dollar spent.

I first sent a letter to the President asking him to implement the recovery panel that the stimulus bill provides. The request went unanswered. Therefore, I introduced a national commission to investigate how many jobs have actually been saved or created. Taxpayers should know, Where's the jobs?

In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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