claim: "in rhode island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program
author: james langevin
evidence_1: james langevin has represented rhode island's 2nd congressional district  since 2001. ... under obamacare, members of congress are required to  purchase their ... were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal  stimulus program.
evidence_2: jan 29, 2010 ... hanford nuclear site, washington (cnn) -- the federal government has set  aside nearly ... of south-central washington, an area roughly half the size of  rhode island. ... there are still millions of gallons of untreated contaminated ... "it  was perfect work, ready to go for the stimulus package," peschong said.
evidence_3: feb 21, 2012 ... the stimulus was designed to help create and maintain jobs while also offering ...  but critics in rhode island have questioned the stimulus' overall impact on ...  bailouts, unanticipated tax revenue, federal help to offset medicaid ... governor  carcieri's tenure that created a “block grant” program that capped ...
evidence_4: providence residents were living below the federal ... providence to improve their  economic status, and decreasing barriers to ... poverty, work and opportunity  task force, formed in. january 2006. .... job creation program funded through  tanf stimulus (arra) .... which was distributed to thousands of residents  throughout.
evidence_5: oct 16, 2009 ... but they offer the first hard data on the early effects of the program. ... obama has  set a goal of creating or saving 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. ... rhode  island, which has the third-highest unemployment rate in the ... those figures are  expected to show early stimulus money saving thousands of ...