House Proceeding 03-24-09 on Mar 24th, 2009 :: 0:11:30 to 0:31:30
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Speech By: Ed Perlmutter

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Ed Perlmutter: and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. kirk: mr. speaker, political liberty is founded on economic liberty, and history teaches that liberties are attacked during a crisis. the white house chief of staff

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has said never pass up an opportunity inside a crisis. secretary geithner wants congress to give the executive branch authority to seize any financial institution in america. it is an awesome power that will be quickly abused. after just one federal reserve board vote among all presidential appointees. no judge would rule, no vote of

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the congress would happen. this is a historic lunge for power. americans remember that it was government agencies, fannie mae and freddie mac, that caused this crisis. i am from chicago so i know about government abuse and corruption. we should reject geithner's

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John Yarmuth: tuneistic thrust for control or rue is congress when it gave only one branch of this government such corruptal economic authority. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the mr. yarmuth: request permission to address the house for one nute. the speaker pro tempore:

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Speech By: John Yarmuth

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John Yarmuth: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, we are in very serious economic times, unprecedented challenges confront this country. it is a time when we need all hands unfortunately, all we've heard from the other side of the aisle is hyperbole. we're spending too muc we're not doing this, we're not doing that. we need ideas, the best in

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John Yarmuth: america has always come because of a conflict of ideas, because of ideas converging and taking the best and assimilating them into policies that benefit all americans. we're not getting the help we need from our republican colleagues. again, we need all hands on deck. just this sunday one of the republican members was on a national talk show and said,

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John Yarmuth: our faith in god is going to get us through this. well, maybe it will, but faith in god, as important as it is, is not an economic policy. we need the best that america has to offer from al america. i invite my republican

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Dennis R. Rehberg: colleagues to participate in this debate and help us get us out of this economic challenge. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does th gentleman from montana rise? mr. rehberg: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro teore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. rehberg: mr. speaker, each year there are two things that

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Speech By: Dennis R. Rehberg

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Dennis R. Rehberg: can get in the way of thousands of visitors seeking the picturesque vistas of montana and all that it has to offer. high energy pr the trip too expensive and a blanket of smoke from out-of-control wildfires. i've introduced legislation that brings some montana common sense to those problems by literally harnessing the forest fire to generate electricity.

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Dennis R. Rehberg: you see, nature wants the fires to burn in order to preserve a healthy forest while man tes to continue to put them out. when we interfere with nature we wind up with an overgrown forest that burn hotter and longer, wasting a potential renewable energy source. my bill restores these forests to a more healthy and natural density while using the excess

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Dennis R. Rehberg: wood to create biomass energy.

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Chris Murphy: joining me in cosponsoring h.r. 11 to reduce the cost of wildfires and the cost of energy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does th gentleman from connecticut >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. another health care myth.

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Speech By: Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy: if we reform our health care systems, patients will lose choice. again, this is simply not true. first, it begs the question, what choice do patients have today? in america we have choice but too often it lies not with a doctor or fashte but with the insurance company. patients are denied physician-prescribed treatment, doctors are denied reimbursement for necessary care.

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Chris Murphy: and increasingly restrictive networks of coverage means restricted choice for patients. and a survey shows that no one's talking about limiting patient choice. in fact, a publicly sponsored plan with a potential network of m likely have one of the most robust nworks and providers in a system since they would want and need to have access to a large pool of patients.

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Chris Murphy: and it allows families to decide whether they want to continue with their private

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Erik Paulsen: insurance plan or move to a publicly sponsored plan that might provide better coverage due to lower administrative costs. limiting patient choice is just another myth about our health care system. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. petersen: we will not recover from this recession unless small business leads the

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Speech By: Erik Paulsen

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Erik Paulsen: way by growing jobs. a small business owner from my district, paul robinson of sterling critical product, was in washington last week. the message he has for congress is we need to provide incentives and access to capital for small business, and we need to make sure no job killing tax increases are added to burden. the $1.4 trillion tax increase

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Erik Paulsen: on the table in the current budget proposal would drive a stake into the heart of our nation's job creators. the proposal to raise taxes on asset creation by up to 33% would drive badly needed capital and keep them from creating jobs. my c within their means and they are cutting expenses. they expect washington to do the same. but this budget spends too much,

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Erik Paulsen: it taxes too much, and it boros too much. in these difficult times, we smand -- demand solution that is pupeople back to work. let's reject these job killing

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Jim Costa: tax increases and grow jobs now by supporting small business owners like paul. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: witho objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. costa: mr. speaker, i rise today to call upon the congress to reform our health care system. it's important. 46 million americans currently have no health care insurance,

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Speech By: Jim Costa

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Jim Costa: yet health care costs have risen dramatically in years. insurance premiums in california have rose at a rate more than twice the rate of inflation. eating up larger and larger percentage of household incomes. with recent economic downturn, far too many families are losing their employer-based coverage and unable to afford the care of health care on their own.

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Jim Costa: like it or not, we taxpayers are paying for the health care in some of the most expensive ways possible through the emergency room for those who are uninsured. last year, hospitals in my district provided nearly $200 million in uncompensated care. clin nics our central valley alone have provided care for over 600,000 who have little insurance or none at all. this system cannot and should

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Jim Costa: not continue. the bottom line is we are paying for the uninsured today, the 46 million americans who do not ha insurance. we ought to do it in a better way.

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Paul Braun, Jr.: our citizens health and nation's fiscal health depend on meaningful reform. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house f minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. yesterday the alma mater, notre dame, father jenkins explained his decision to give president obama an hon

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Speech By: Paul Braun, Jr.

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Paul Braun, Jr.: rarery degree in spite of his opposition to the culture of life expressed by tt university and the catholic church. he explained it as an invitation to dialogue with the president. let us hope so. let us hope there is a dialogue on the president's support for partial-birth abortion. on his opposition to the born alive baby legislation. on his reversal of the mexico city polcy.

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Paul Braun, Jr.: on his support of federal funding for embryonic stem cells when announcing it he gave the back of the hand to the catholic moral teaching. and evitiating the federal regulations guaranteeing the conscience clause aimed at catholic hospitals, doctors, and nurses. will this be an invitation to dialogue? will the commencement address be

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Diane E. Watson: an opportunity for the president to question his prior god only knows. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. watson: to address the house for one minute. the spea objection. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. watson: mr. speaker, this is cover the uninsured week, march

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Speech By: Diane E. Watson

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Diane E. Watson: 22 to the 29th. and i call for enactment of comprehensive health care reform this year. reforming the nation's care system to lower costs, improve quality, increase coverage, and preserve choice is a top priority for congress and the president. our nation's health care system

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Diane E. Watson: which costs more every year and leaves more than 45 million citizens uninsured and millions more underinsured is in bad need of reform. we simply can't afford to wait any longer to make the changes necessary to ensure greater access to quality health care. the problem of the uninsured and

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Diane E. Watson: its impact on the entire health care system conties to grow. the federal government estimates that over 45 milli lack health insurance coverage of any kind during the last year, 2008.

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Marsha Blackburn: approximately $56 billion is in uncompensated care and we need to change that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee rise? mrs. blackburn: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. my constituents are tired of congress spending money they haven't made yet for programs they don't want.

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Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn: according to the c.b.o., total spending in 2009 is going to be over $4 trillion. the price tag on the president's budget? over $3.6 trillion. oucountry can't afford this budget because it spends too much, it taxes too much, and it boros too much money on our future. the c.b.o. predicts that this

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Marsha Blackburn: budget will push our deficit to $9.6% of g.d.p. in 2010. that's historically high. c.b.o. predicts that this country will run historically high deficits for the next decade. and the global demand for american debt will only continue if our economic policies are sound. although we don't know the limits of the debt market, this

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Marsha Blackburn: budget is going to push you us into unchartered territory. as lawmakers it is our duty to preserve and protect prosperity. if we pass this budget, we will

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Rosa L. DeLauro: be abusing the economic opportunity for our children and our grandchildren. what kind of protection is that? the speaker pro tempore: t gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut rise? ms. delauro: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: an estimated

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Speech By: Rosa L. DeLauro

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Rosa L. DeLauro: 184,000 cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed last year. i rise today in support breast cancer patient who has ever undergone a masectomy and told by h she has to leave the hospital 24 hours or less before she has had time to recover. i'm introducing the breast cancer patient protection act

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Rosa L. DeLauro: today, reintroducing it, it's a bipartisan bill, overwhelmingly passed this house last yea vote of 42 simply it ensures that after breast cancer surgery, a woman will have 48 hours to recuperate in the hospital, no matter which insurance coverage she has. it does not mandate that the patient has to stay in the

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Rosa L. DeLauro: hospital for 48 hours, but decision should be made by patient and doctor and not by an insurance company. avw lifetime tv petition has had 23 million times people directing their stories to website.

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Rosa L. DeLauro: we have information from 50 states.

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Virginia Foxx: the last thing any woman should do at this time is to fight with her insurance the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: permission to the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i am absolutely amazed at the

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Speech By: Virginia Foxx

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Virginia Foxx: ability of my colleagues to bring to life the novel "1984" by orwell. they stand up every day and rewrite history right here on the floor of the house. we had 55 straight months of j growth which ended january, 2007. why? the democrats took over the congress that month.

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Virginia Foxx: the democrats began then spending too much, taxing too much, andorrowing too much. and they continue to do that. their plans are going to finish off this country as we no t their budget will grow the nation's debt to 82% of the overall economy by 2019, from 41% in 2008.

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Virginia Foxx: the democrat budget doubles the share of the debt on every family in america. the current debt per capita is roughly $35,000. under the democrats' budget this will rise to $70,000 in only eight years. despite the democrats' claim,

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Stephen Cohen: their budget plans for deficits rough 2019 that are actually higher than any year before president obama took office. i yield back. the speaker pro temp gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. cohen: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. the american public wants to see birtisanship and they want to see democrats and republicans

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Speech By: Stephen Cohen

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Stephen Cohen: work together. this is my second congress i have served in. it's disappointing to me to see a new president who was elected with overwhelming numbers and overwhelming support not get bipartisan help and support on his efforts. i don't agree with president obama with everything that he's trying to do to get us out of

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Stephen Cohen: the economic morass that the republican congress and the previous president and vice president left us in. i support our president because i know we have one executive authority and one treasury department that needs have a direction to get us on the road to psperity. it is disappointing when people just criticize, criticize. the fact is we need to spend to get --timulate this economy

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Stephen Cohen: and we need a recovery package as well as a reinvestment package to get this economy moving. that's what's being offered. it's being geared toward the middle class that's been forgotten. on the other side they talk about preserving prosperity for our children and grandchildren.

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John Fleming: most people in this country, 95%, don't have prosperity and they need help. and the democratic budget will help them with jobs, and education. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> request permission to speak to the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized.

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Speech By: John Fleming

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John Fleming: mr. fleming: speaker. i would like to take this privileged opportunity to honor and celebrate the life of private jason watson. private watson is from manny, louisiana, and recently died in afghanistan. private watson gave that last full measure defend our freedom and his death

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John Fleming: is a reminder of the cost of our liberty. remember that it's not the congressman and it's not the reporter who guarantees freedom of speech. it's the uniformedervice member working every day. he proudly defended america so that we may never experience the horror of another terrorist

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John Fleming: attack on our home soil. while little will comfort the pain his family feels at this time, i want to thank them on behalf of our country, a grateful country, and let them know that their family will be in our prayers. private jason watson died a hero . i challenge my colleagues to remember our role here in congress to make responsible

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John Fleming: decisions to protect the lives of americans and to uphold the

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Laura Richardson: values and pillars of freedom this brave young man died for. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> request to address the house the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. richardson: mr. speaker, i rise today as the daughter of a musician to honor the long beach municipal band on their 100-year

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Speech By: Laura Richardson

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Laura Richardson: anniversary of music. on march 14, 1909, under the direction of e. harry willie, the long beach municipal band gave its first performance at the bath house on the pine avenue pier. in particular what i want to say about the band is following a 6.25 magnitude earthquake in

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Laura Richardson: march of 1933 that almost destroyed an entire city, it was the band that remained and played to encourage the families who were left in shelters and in nearby parks. since that time the long beach municipal ba has gone on to perform 57,000 concerts, over one million pieces of music, and

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Laura Richardson: also it's known as the longest running and municipal supported band in our country. please applaud our greatity that's made an investment, the second largest city in the largest county in this nation, to remember that art is a part

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Glenn Thompson: of music and it's part of this country. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. objection. the gentleman is recognized. million thompson: it has been 68 days, mr. speaker, since the united states forest service has approved a notice to proceed with oil and gas production on

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Speech By: Glenn Thompson

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Glenn Thompson: the allegheny national forest. why is this cause for concern? we are talking about relationship between the forest service and a private landowner that has existed for over 8 6 years without a disruption of this magnitude. we are talking about jobs. companies continue to lay off employees and the local economy suffers. take michael hail's company, a

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Glenn Thompson: constituent of mine from bradford, pennsylvania, who recently wrote as an ownor of an excavating company during tough difficult times, i'm sorry to hear the national forest service to proceed with oil and gas exploration. for the first time we have had to make adjustments to our work

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Glenn Thompson: force due to an inability to work. currently 35% of our field workers have been laid off, and remaining workers have had their hours cut, reduced by 25%. we are not asking for a handout or bailout of any kind, we just want to able to work. companies like michael hail's

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Jack Kingston: that are the fabric which holds this economy and many of our rural communities together, they are not looking for a bailout, just a fair shake. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. . for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. kingston: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

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Speech By: Jack Kingston

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Jack Kingston: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. kingston: you know, the democrats' budget spends too much, borrows too much and taxes too much. but spending and taxes has never been a problem for speaker pelosi and this congress. take the latest boondoggle in the stimulus bill. $3 million for the city of georgetown and the adams morgan upper income neighborhoods of

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Jack Kingston: washington, d.c., so they can do, what, install bike and buy 400 new bicycling for these pooruppy residents there, many of whom make six-digit incomes. i and the speaker pro tempore are the ones who regularly ride

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Jack Kingston: bikes to new york. i'm -- bike to work. we pay for it with our own money. why should the federal government have a bicycle program? why are we going out to two of the wealthiest neighborods in washington, d.c., and saying, hey, we're going to buy a bicycle for you people? that is ridiculous. and that is part of the reason