Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
When President [Barack] Obama was sworn in on the steps of Capitol, he asked for swift, bold action now for jobs and education for the 21st Century, a list, an agenda. One week and one day from that swearing in, the House passed the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
