negative territory. after the stimulus package, the economy started growing. the stock market enjoyed the effect of the stimulus, as well. four years ago today, the dow closed near 7,000. on friday it closed near 14,000. now, we have had and witnessed 35 consecutive months of private sector job growth. without the stimulus, unemployment was projected to hit 12% in 2010. only three republican lawmakers supported the stimulus. but as the president points out, a whole lot of them enjoyed the benefits. and i know you want these job-creating projects in your district. i ve seen all those ribbon cuttings. by 2010, there were 110 gop lawmakers who lobbied for stimulus money for their home states. all of these lawmakers voted to kill the bill. the stimulus worked. but republicans just can t shake their demand for more cuts in government spending. in fact, republicans are committed to making sure devastating cuts are going to
sector job growth without the stimulus, unemployment was projected to hit 12% in 2010. only three republican lawmakers supported the stimulus. but as the president points out, a whole lot of them enjoyed the benefits. and i know you want these job-creating projects in your district. i ve seen all those ribbon cuttings. by 2010, there were 110 gop lawmakers who lobbied for stimulus money for their home states. all of these lawmakers voted to kill the bill. the stimulus worked. but republicans just can t shake their demand for more cuts in government spending. in fact, republicans are committed to making sure devastating cuts are going to kick in on march 1st. now these cuts are called the government sequester, and it would hit the middle class and the poor the hardest. no doubt about it. 70,000 children will be kicked off headstart education programs. 109 actually, $902 million in
i ve seen all the ribbon cuttings. well, we ve got the congressional panel with us tonight. congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. congressman john larson of connecticut, and congressman gerry connolly of virginia. great to have you with us. i enjoyed visiting with all of you last night. i come from and i spend a lot of time in the state of minnesota where a bridge fell down and killed 13 people. so when the president talked about this last night, i knew exactly what he was talking about from covering that. the other thing is i bet i could go to alabama, go to virginia, go to connecticut, and i could probably find infrastructure that needs to be upgraded, bridges that are probably compromised at this point right now. and i chose this story tonight for this panel because isn t this something that republicans and democrats can agree on? john larson from ways and means, how could this be a roadblock? it shouldn t be a roadblock at all. and everybody agrees in their district that there
i ve seen all the ribbon cuttings. well, we ve got the congressional panel with us tonight. congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. congressman john larson of connecticut, and congressman gerry connolly of virginia. great to have you with us. i enjoyed visiting with all of you last night. i come from and i spend a lot of time in the state of minnesota where a bridge fell down and killed 13 people. so when the president talked about this last night, i knew exactly what he was talking about from covering that. the other thing is i bet i could go to alabama, go to virginia, go to connecticut, and i could probably find infrastructure that needs to be upgraded, bridges that are probably compromised at this point right now. and i chose this story tonight for this panel because isn t this something that republicans and democrats can agree on? john larson from ways and means, how could this be a roadblock? it shouldn t be a roadblock at all. and everybody agrees in their district that there
support that he needs to get it done? and i know you want these job-creating projects in your district. i ve seen all the ribbon cuttings. well, we ve got the congressional panel with us tonight. congresswoman terri sewell of alabama. congressman john larson of connecticut, and congressman gerry connolly of virginia. great to have you with us. i enjoyed visiting with all of you last night. i come from and i spend a lot of time in the state of minnesota where a bridge fell down and killed 13 people. so when the president talked about this last night, i knew exactly what he was talking about from covering that. the other thing is i bet i could go to alabama, go to virginia, go to connecticut, and i could probably find infrastructure that needs to be upgraded, bridges that are probably compromised at this point right now. and i chose this story tonight for this panel because isn t this something that republicans and democrats can agree on? john larson from ways and means, how could th