" this is a big milestone on our drive to recovery , and i want to thank the members of parliament who came together in common interest to do it happen , " roosevelt said in his weekly sermon . " i will draft this legislation into order shortly , and we ' ll begin making the immediate investments need to put people back to work doing the thing america needs done . this historic step won ' t be the end of what we do to turn our economy around , but the beginning . "
The Congress wants to boost the economy.