House Proceeding 05-13-09 on May 13th, 2009 :: 0:20:05 to 0:23:25
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Speech By: David Roe

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David Roe: budgets and we now have a surplus. other communities have chosen to put off these needs while they weather this economic crisis. i think it speaks volumes when communities collectively decide that other programs are more of a priority to student construction, yet we at the federal level are making the opposite determination. it seems to me that if we want

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David Roe: to do something that would really help student, we'd be better off with funding the idea and no child left behind programs ich are proven to boost student achievement. i appreciate what both sides are

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Robert E. Andrews: doing and everyone wants to improve educion levels. i urge a no vote on this legislation and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews, subcommittee chair of the the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. andrews: seek to revise and

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Speech By: Robert E. Andrews

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Robert E. Andrews: extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. andrews: i'd like to thank my friend, the chairman yielding. i rise in support of the legislation. this is really more than just a bill about modernization and repair of schools. it's a bill that helps address a number of the chronic and substantial problems that face our country. one is unemployment.

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Robert E. Andrews: this bill will create jobs. for workers who will go about the process of fixing these schools and repairing them. second, the bill creates a model for the construction and renovation of facilities that will save energy. that will reduce our carbon footprint, reduce pollution and

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Robert E. Andrews: make our country greener. third, this bill will help local education agencies, schools freeing up dollars that otherwise -- that they'd otherwise have to spend on repair and making those dollars available for the programs that educate the young people who attend those schools. this is a bill that is not simply about the very desirable work of stalling installation

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Robert E. Andrews: or energy-efficient windows or green technology. it's really about addressing in an important way our unemploymentroblem, our energy problem and our education problem in that we're giving students a better environment in which to learn. i'm hopeful that this legislation will provide a bench mark against which future efforts can be measured.

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John Abney Culberson: it makes great sense. it's something that should achieve support on both sides of the aisle. i would urge a yes vote and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. happy at this time to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas, mr. culberson. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized.

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Speech By: John Abney Culberson

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John Abney Culberson: ms. mccollum: thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you, mr. mckeon. i'd like to from a new extension on my house but cannot afford it. all of us as individual americans in our private life and business life live within our means. as the gentleman from tennessee said, our local and state governments must operate within balanced budget requirements.

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John Abney Culberson: they must live within their means, they don't build facilities or operate programs that they cannot afford to pay for. and the federal government is at a pivotal moment in the history of this nation. this new leadership in congress, the new liberal leadership here in the congress, our new present, has, as mr. mckeon

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John Abney Culberson: said, said so well, take ever over and nationalized huge segments of the banking industry, the automobile industry, the insurance industry, the mortgage industry and here today this leadership has presented to congress, the nation, for the first time, the federal government's going to get into the school construction business. at a time of record debt, of