May 8, 2008 11:45 am US/Eastern
Cheney Gives Brief Speech In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―
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Vice President Dick Cheney says the economic stimulus checks going out
to more than 130 million Americans are "a shot of energy at the right time and
in the right way."
Cheney delivered a 10-minute speech Thursday to
about 100 workers at a Northeast Philadelphia
facility that prints the economic stimulus checks. He said everyone is paying
more these days, whether it's for gas or to put food on the table, so the checks
especially come in handy now.
The facility, the Philadelphia Regional
Financial Center,
is one of four nationwide that are issuing the 88 million paper checks between
now and July. The center is part of the Treasury Department's Financial
Management Service. It has approximately 170 employees.
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