Van Tran for Congress

Van Tran: We Need Jobs, Not Fictitious Reports

Officials Cannot Verify Stimulus Jobs.

On Wednesday, the official in charge of overseeing the stimulus funds confirmed that he cannot verify whether the number of jobs “saved or created” by the Stimulus bill is accurate. In a letter to California Congressman Darrell Issa, Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney wrote, “Your letter specifically asks if I am able to certify that the number of jobs reported as created/saved on Recovery.gov is accurate and auditable. No, I am not able to make this certification.”

“It’s clear that this report was not worth the paper it was printed on,” said Congressional Candidate Van Tran. “With record unemployment, we don’t need more promises and exaggerations. We need jobs.” Representative Loretta Sanchez promised the $787 billion dollar “stimulus” bill would jump start the economy and that unemployment would not go higher than 8 percent. Yet, unemployment nationwide is now at a 26 year high of 10.2 percent and over 12 percent in California.

“Loretta Sanchez is spending billions of dollars to grow government instead of addressing our real problems,” said Tran. “The best way to stimulate the economy is to give people more of their own money to spend. Unfortunately, Loretta Sanchez is more focused on touting fictitious job numbers than helping to create real jobs.”

Van Tran has centered his campaign for Congress on the agenda of helping small businesses grow and creating good-paying jobs for Californians.

“Washington cannot create jobs,” said Tran. “However we must have the right policies in order to set the table for economic growth.”

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