House Proceeding 03-19-09 on Mar 19th, 2009 :: 0:29:15 to 0:31:00
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Kendrick B. Meek: against it. and that's it. you can go on with your inquiry this bill is abund -- abundantly clear. the question is, which side are you on? i yield one minute to the distinguished member of the ways and means committee from florida, representative meek. gentleman from florida is

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Speech By: Kendrick B. Meek

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Kendrick B. Meek: recognized for one minute. mr. meek: mr. chairman, thank you so very much for bringing this bill to the floor. the bottom line is that at the top of this week, when we all learned what happened with the bonuses and all, the american people wanted to know what the congress was going to do as it relates to these taxpayer dollars that are being used for the bonuses. are you going to get our money

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Kendrick B. Meek: back? or are you going to file an inquiry. nobody called me, no one called my district office and said, congressman, please go to congress and file an inquiry about my taxpayer dollars. they're saying, get it back, get it back now. the other side is talking about the constitution and wrapping themselves in the flag, saying, oh, my goodness, we're shredding

0:30:15 to 0:30:35( Edit History Discussion )

Kendrick B. Meek: the constitution. that's the pot calling the kettle black, as far as i'm concerned. the supreme court and courts throughout the land, there are unconstitutional measure that was been broughto this floor and that's up for the courts. as far as i'm concerned what we're being told, this is fine this language is in, i have the floor. this language is well into order

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Kendrick B. Meek: and we're going to pass this legislation. you have to vote up or down, you can't come with excuses, the bottom line is, we're getting the taxpayer dollars back. thank you so very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. gohmert: is --

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Kendrick B. Meek: mr. gohmert: is it inappropriate and against the rules to ask