Pelosi Remarks on the Economy After Meeting With President Bush at the White House...

Pelosi Remarks on the Economy After Meeting With President Bush at the White
House This Afternoon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along
with other bipartisan, bicameral Congressional leaders, met with President
Bush at the White House this afternoon and discussed a bipartisan economic
stimulus plan. Below are the Speaker's opening remarks at a press stakeout
following the meeting:

"Good afternoon. We just had a productive conversation with the President on
the stimulus package. The purpose of the meeting was to hear a report on the
President's trip to the Middle East. And we spent a good deal of time on that
subject as well, and a great exchange with the President on that.

"But on the stimulus package, we talked about doing something as soon as is
legislatively possible -- something that is targeted and something that is
temporary, in order to inject a stimulus into the economy.

"We know, throughout the households of America that many people are living
paycheck to paycheck. And they need this economy to turn around. We want them
to feel the full benefit of it.

"Now we see across the world that the state of the economy in the U.S. is
having an impact as well. So the urgency we feel at home is now even more
urgent as we see the impact of our markets on others.

"I look forward to working in a bipartisan way, and our conversations
continue, and again, recognizing the legislative constraints that we have. I
feel confident that we will have a bipartisan agreement."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House

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