House Proceeding 04-05-06 on Apr 5th, 2006 :: 0:35:43 to 0:39:38
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Speech By: Gil Gutknecht

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Gil Gutknecht: with, who he talks with, mr. how he negotiates and how he votes while he's negotiating. to do that would you have to have a sense -- a desire for reform and i wouldn't want to impose on the majority

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Collin C. Peterson: party in any way. and all the while, while they're voting on these legislation and negotiating problems jobs he had they have no responsibility to report to the public on their conduct.

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Speech By: Collin C. Peterson

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Collin C. Peterson: it's business as usual here in washington. and what are they trying to do, take the legislation of 527's and my colleagues on the other side have invoket the mccain-feingold reform of

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Collin C. Peterson: past years of campaign finance reform. that reform leveled the playing field for both parties. this legislation does not intend to do that. this legislation intends to do a very partisan thing

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Collin C. Peterson: to the campaign finance laws affecting 527's. i introduced legislation to affect 501-c-6's. in the state of pennsylvania one one every those organizations is running ads. you want the same rhetoric,

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Collin C. Peterson: i suggest 501-c-6's report. that amendment wasn't allowed. why? it would level the playing field. it would apply to both parties, not one party. in the name of reform we have a partisan attack.

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Collin C. Peterson: you'll wonder why the american people have such low self-esteem for the congress. it's quite obvious. college costs at a record high, 38% gone up, health care cost up 58%, and energy costs up

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Collin C. Peterson: 17%, medium -- can i have 30 more seconds? ms. millender-mcdonald: one second? 30 30 seconds. mr. emanuel: one second i could do at my kitchen table. ms. millender-mcdonald: 30 seconds. mr.

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Collin C. Peterson: emanuel: you have scandal swirling around this institution, members restpwhrining, pleading guilty, you once again pass by whistling past the graveyard on the chance to do real reform and play partisan

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Collin C. Peterson: politics. i don't know what tune you're singing but you'll come to know that tune this november. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan.

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Collin C. Peterson: mr. ehlers: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to my colleague from new york, mr. reynolds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. reynolds: i ask unanimous consent to revise

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Collin C. Peterson: and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reynolds: mr. speaker, i find it such an ironic message my colleague from illinois chose about his remarks, and as he

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Collin C. Peterson: talks about so many problems in washington, he failed to mention any on his side of the aisle. you see, we nickname that the culture of hypocrisy. it's a policy of attacking the republicans, slash

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Collin C. Peterson: and burn, no debate, no real issues, just the party of no from the democrats on the other side of the aisle. and when you look at some of the discussions he talked about with lobbying reform

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Collin C. Peterson: and others, he must remember that the colloquy between the majority leader and the minority would also show clearly that the majority leader fully intends to bring reform legislation

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Collin C. Peterson: to this body for debate and for final solution. but i also think about hypocrisy when i think about some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle addressing so many things about

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Collin C. Peterson: the majority, except they forgot that our leader stepped down when they are indicted because that's what our party rules say. our chairmen step down because that's what our party rules say.

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Collin C. Peterson: and in the 10 years while you've been reflecting, your rules don't say the same. because your leaders can get indicted or the rankers can get indicted and you don't have to step down.

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because you haven't even recognized that as a basic element of your own party, let alone your quick criticisms of this institution. but i also want to say that while i confess, i did not think