Dear Friends,
A year and a half ago our economy was on the brink of collapse.
Since President Obama took office in 2009, we have stepped back from the brink of disaster. Where we were losing hundreds of thousands of jobs per month, now we are adding them, slowly but surely. We have laid the foundations for a lasting economic recovery.
But times are still tough. Small businesses are still suffering. Unemployment remains outrageously high. And I won't stop fighting for economic recovery until every Fourth District resident looking for a job finds one and small businesses are thriving once again.
That’s why I held a job fair in Rockdale County last week – my third in less than 14 months – and why I am working hard to bring home federal investment as one of the newest members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
It’s also why I supported the Recovery Act, which has helped save or create more than 84,000 jobs in Georgia since 2009 and is creating jobs throughout the Fourth District.
Don't just take my word for it. Please explore our new interactive Recovery Act Map to see what projects are creating jobs in our District.
 RECOVERY ACT AT WORK: Last week, I visited a road improvement project at the intersection of Lithonia Industrial Boulevard and South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road, where $16 million from the Recovery Act is creating 67 jobs and will soon improve traffic flow in that growing area of the District. Click here for more.
I also visited the home of Linda Felix and Fred Reams, who recently had their Stone Mountain home weatherized under the Recovery Act. Linda and Fred have cut her power bills in half thanks to their weatherization funded by the Recovery Act.
The Clarkston-based Partnership for Community Action received $8 million in Recovery funds and they are putting it to good use weatherizing 80 homes a month. This creates jobs for contractors performing the work, helps retailers who sell supplies, and reduces our dependence on fossil fuel and foreign oil all while saving residents money on their energy bills. For more, click here.
HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS: I’m holding a two-day “Save Your Home” event in conjunction with Congressmen John Lewis and David Scott on Friday July 30 and Saturday July 31 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. The free event offers homeowners a chance to meet one on one with their lenders, find out if they qualify for President Obama’s Making Home Affordable program and offers the platform for struggling homeowners to work out other options with their lenders. For more, click here.
Please help spread the word on the Help for Homeowners event and please feel free to share the Fourth District Recovery Act Map.
Thanks,
 | July 15, 2010 Vol. 52 
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Peter Butts
Katie Dailey
Betty Dixon
Eric C. Hubbard
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Jonathan Ossoff
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