President Obama talked up his economic recovery plan Tuesday night in an unofficial State of the Union speech that also touched on green initiatives, increased research, and health information technology.
“Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs,” Obama told members of Congress, the Supreme Court, and his Cabinet. “More than 90 percent of these jobs will be in the private sector – jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit.”
Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law last week, an $800 billion stimulus package that includes $7.2 billion for broadband grants, $650 million for the DTV trasition, and $2 billion for heatlh IT.
“I have told each member of my Cabinet as well as mayors and governors across the country that they will be held accountable by me and the American people for every dollar they spend,” Obama said Tuesday. “And we have created a new Web site called recovery.gov so that every American can find out how and where their money is being spent.”
The president stressed the need for clean energy developed by American entrepreneurs.
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