Biden touts stimulus results in Arizona

PHOENIX, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden praised the results of the economic stimulus package in Arizona during a fundraising speech in Phoenix Monday.

The stimulus package helped save 7,000 education jobs in Arizona, added $264 million to the state's economy and cut taxes for more than 2 million Arizona families, Biden said.

"Only 12 states have gotten more money obligated that the state of Arizona has," Biden said during the breakfast fundraiser for U.S. Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick of Flagstaff and Harry Mitchell of Tempe.

The recession, he said, "is an opportunity to put America back on a better path. "We've got a chance to history, just a little bit. I have never been more confident in our ability to bend history in the right direction."