House Proceeding 02-13-09 on Feb 13th, 2009 :: 0:54:55 to 0:57:10
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Michael K. Simpson: but about doing something right about a terrifying problem that faces this country. i urge us to learn from history so we don't repeat it. support this legislation. the speaker prtempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from idaho.

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Speech By: Michael K. Simpson

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Michael K. Simpson: >> mr. speaker, i feel like i went to bed a couple of weeks ago and woke up in bizzarro world and about to spend trillion on a stimulus bill. i have no doubt that those on the other side of the aisle feel this is the right thing to do to

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Michael K. Simpson: help the economy, but sincerity does not make something right which is fundamentally wrong and this bill is fundamentally wrong. we were told that the keyword here is necessary. millions of dollars for mouse habitat, it is not specifically put in the bill, but what they

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Michael K. Simpson: have done is put in a fund for habitat restoration, which they will spend 30 million on on mouse habitat restoration. that's beautiful. necessary? i don't know. 0 million for the n.e.a. i love it. necessary in a stimulus bill? billions of dollars for

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Michael K. Simpson: express train from los angeles to las vegas. necessary? i don't think so. and of course we've got the infamous golf course and you better have green golf carts so we put money in for green golf carts. necessary? don't think so. the list is too long to complete when you look at this bill.

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Michael K. Simpson: but fundamentally, the problem is the process that created this bill. none of this stuff would have been in here had we gone through a process which allowed members to have input and forth on this bill. instead, this has been created in the speaker's office, in the president's office and handed to

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Michael K. Simpson: us and said we got to pass this bill. this process stinks. there's no other word for it. and for the first time in my public life, four years on a local city council, 14 years in