Click here for linkWasserman Schultz: Republicans "Who Think The Recovery Act Didn't Work Are Wrong"
Willie Geist, MSNBC: "You mentioned infrastructure. You're talking about a huge stimulus program, rebuilding bridges, roads, and schools, and everything else. We already had a stimulus package that most Republicans deemed ineffective, almost a $1 trillion. What makes you think this time around that your fellow Congress people, people across the aisle from me, would go along with me this time if they didn't think the last one worked?"
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Chair: "Well, the Republicans who think the Recovery Act (stimulus) didn't work are simply wrong. The Recovery Act, as of the beginning of this year, created an additional 3.6 million jobs. We have -- the Recovery Act had a direct impact on making sure the teachers, firefighters, police officers were able to remain in their jobs. It begun -- it helped begin to turn the economy around. 50% of it was tax breaks to small businesses and to the middle class.
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