In Ohio, Obama Touts Merits Of Stimulus
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 1:10PMBy Robert Hune-Kalter
Talk Radio News Service
President Barrack Obama visited Columbus, Ohio on Friday to mark a milestone of the Recovery Act, which he signed into law over one year ago. Later this summer, the 10,000th road project funded by the law will commence in Columbus’s downtown district and, according to the administration, is expected to generate 300 jobs.
After touring the site of the project, Obama made brief remarks, comparing the planned road improvements to those two centuries earlier.
“Our first nationally funded highway, the National Road, was extended across Ohio, bringing a generation of settlers west to this new frontier, paving the way for the automobile that would transform our landscape,” he said.
Columbus small businesses figure to be big beneficiaries of the stimulus later this year. The administration says they will receive between $44 and $53 million worth of Recovery Act funds. In addition, eleven million dollars will be provided to them in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.
“It is with that vision of a brighter future for this city and for the country that we begin this project, and I am looking forward to seeing all that you achieve in the years and months to come,” Obama added.
Reader Comments (1)
Joe Barton really needs to engage his brain before his mouth. I say we set up a meeting with Bob Etheridge so Bob can slap some sense into him.