House Proceeding on Dec 19th, 2007 :: 0:13:03 to 0:33:03
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Speech By: Marion Berry

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Marion Berry: i say thanks to his mother because while she is now a full-time methodist minister i'm convinced that for several decades of her life the holy trinity was the father, son, and the holy

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Joseph R. Pitts: coach. with a coach being frank broils of the arkansas razorbacks. coach broils' career is coming to an end at the end of this month as both a great outstanding coach and outstanding athletic

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Joseph R. Pitts: director. he has also been very active, may have visited members here in congress, about his work on behalf of alzheimer's research and the treatment with respect and dignity of alzheimer's

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Joseph R. Pitts: patients. we wish him well as his career is ending. although it wouldn't surprise me that another college might try to pick him up. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

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Mike Ross: yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? mr. boozman: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the

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Speech By: Mike Ross

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Mike Ross: geleman is recognized for one minute. mr. boozman: thank you, madam speaker. i proudly rise with my arkansas colleagues this morning to recognize a man who meant a great deal in my life

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Mike Ross: and a grea deal to those who are fans of college football and the universityth of arkansas. i rise to honor the legacy and career of frank broyles, the athletic director of the un iversity

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Mike Ross: and former head football coach who will end his 50-year run with the raisorbacks on december 31. -- razorbacks on december 31. he's a legend in the world of collegiate athletics. his new mission

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Mike Ross: among other things will be to educate americans on caring for lovered ones suffering with alzheimer's. the names of those associated with coach broyles are impressive. jerry jones, jimmy johnson,

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Mike Ross: barry switzer, joe gibbs, raymond berry, and the list goes on and on all played or coached with him over his career. he even teamed with the legendary keith jackson for several years to bring

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Jeff Flake: the college games to our homes every weekend. i will be forever proud to be a razorback and have had the opportunity to be one under coach broyles. i congratulate him on his career and sincerely

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Speech By: Jeff Flake

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Jeff Flake: thank him for his service to the great state of arkansas and as we say in arkansas, wu peek sui. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? >> to address

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Jeff Flake: the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. berry: madam speaker, first i would encourage everyone to remember our men

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Jeff Flake: and women in uniform and their families. and reach out to them. the arkansas delegation rises this morning to pay tribute to a man that has made magnificent contributions to the state of

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Jeff Flake: arkansas, to college athletics, to this country. his leadership, working together with the people of arkansas, has demonstrated the great value of the people working together for the common

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: good. his contributions are unmatched . he has demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt the value of integrity and decency. always taking the highroad. he has made us all very proud to be razorbacks

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: as has just been alluded to from my colleague from northwest arkansas. he has also demonstrated to the human race what it means to not only be a razorback but to be a man of great class

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: and integrity and always take the highroad. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania

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Mary Fallin: rise? mr. pitts: permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: pr without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: madam

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Speech By: Mary Fallin

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Mary Fallin: speaker, the world has watched over recent months as the brutal dictatorship in burma has arrested and killed buddhist monks and democracy activists. as it continues to attack, rape, and

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Mary Fallin: kill ethnic minorities. the house passed an excellent bill imposing further sanctions on burma, the jade act. amazingly in the senate leading democrats don't want the house version of the bill. instead

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Mary Fallin: they want to allow for cash, money, to go to the ruling regime for humanitarian purposes. hello? aid that goes through the regime does not get to the people of burma. the rulers simply

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Mary Fallin: enrich themselves with any moneys coming into the country. in addition, certain senders wish to give the treasury department an opening one could drive a mack truck through so that treasury

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Bruce Braley: could make any regulation it likes regarding u.s. money going into burma. i hope those senators will read the reports and look at the photos from burma. the democracy activist, monks, and

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Speech By: Bruce Braley

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Bruce Braley: ethnic minorities are the ones that should get our support. not the brutal military regime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the

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Bruce Braley: gentleman from arkansas rise? mr. ross: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ross: thank you,

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Bruce Braley: madam speaker. as he prepares for retirement at the end of this year, it is impossible to think about razorback athletics andmagine what it would be like without coach frank broyles. . his achievements

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Bruce Braley: on the field are numerous and distinctive. however, it's his battle off the field that inspires me even more. in 1999, coach broyles' wife was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. and needless to

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Bruce Braley: say this changed their family forever. coach broyles looked for a way to attack his greatest challenge yet. after years of caring for his wife and receiving calls and letters from supporters,

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David Dreier: he sat down and compiled his most impressive playbook ever, the coach broyles playbook for alzheimer's caregivers, a practical tips guide. his playbook has helped countless families caring

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Speech By: David Dreier

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David Dreier: for a loved one with alzheimer's, letting them know that their fights with this disease are not something they must face alone. in 2004, coach broyles' wife, barbara, succumbed to the

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David Dreier: disease, which still has no cure. his accomplishments in college football will never be forgotten, but the hope and faith he has given to families across this nation coping with alzheimer's

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David Dreier: will leave a lasting impact on our society for generations to come. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona

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John Hall: rise? mr. flake: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: ther gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. flake: madam speaker, one of my astute colleagues said one of

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John Hall: the toughest things of being a member of congress is trying to remember what we are supposed to be outraged about. i remembered this yesterday when i heard a report that, surprise, surprise,

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John Hall: earmarks were being used to help members get re-elected. the reason it is treated as kind of ho hum is that is one of the more noble explanations as to why earmarks are used. with the reporting

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Tom Price: that's going on about earmarks being tied to campaign contributions or chairman or people in leadership position getting tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for favorite companies or organizations

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Speech By: Tom Price

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Tom Price: in their district, it seems that we've simply gone too far when we don't recognize this as a problem. and i would call on my colleagues in the new year to have a moratorium on earmarks. let's

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Tom Price: put a brake on this process until we can put a process in place to adequately vet these. there's no noble purpose for the contemporary practice of earmarking. try as we might, we aren't coming up

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Tom Price: with one. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro

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Paul Hodes: tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognilezed for one minute. ms. schwartz: we've set our nation a new direction, we've increased the minimum wage, improving the lives of millions

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Speech By: Paul Hodes

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Paul Hodes: of american workers. we increased fuel efficiency standards and create new jobs and a chance -- and enchance our economic competitiveness. we enacted the largest college financial aid expansion since

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Paul Hodes: 1944, bringing the american dream within the reach of millions of children in our country. and we're about to pass the largest increase in veterans' health care in american history in honor

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Paul Hodes: of the service and commitment of all of our veterans. we did this in spite of republican obstructionists have tried to undermine our efforts. we did this in spite of the president's refusal to

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Paul Hodes: compromise. this year's coming to a close, but our commitment to change will continue. hard-working american families can be assured that when we return in january the democratic majority

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Marsha Blackburn: will continue to fight for their and our priorities. best wishes for a happy, healthy, secure and hopeful new year to all americans. god bless our great nation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's

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Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn: time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma rise? ms. fallin: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection,

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Marsha Blackburn: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. fallin: thank you, madam speaker. this past week the state of we oklahoma experienced a severe ice storm that left over 600,000 homes and businesses

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Marsha Blackburn: without power or heat. as you can imagine, oklahomans have had a very challenging time. today i want to thank the people of oklahoma for helping each other and commend the various, generous

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Keith Ellison: volunteers and organizations that came to their aid. since the disaster of the measurea federal building in 1999, the people of my great state are said to create the oklahoma standard,

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: rallying to help each other and in times of need and certainly this past week and week and a half has been no exception. i want to personally thank governor henry and president bush for

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Keith Ellison: working together to make sure that the proper federal aid disaster relief has come to the state of oklahoma. and i want to thank fema representatives, the state corporation administration who

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Keith Ellison: has kept us informed and on track as power loss was reported and power was restored. and i want to thank the utility crews in their effort to restore power. and i want to thank the hundreds

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Michael Arcuri: of utility crews from out of state for helping. thank you for leaving your families and homes during this holiday season. there are so many organizations to thank, all the charities involved

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Speech By: Michael Arcuri

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Michael Arcuri: tgo above and beyond to help the state of oklahoma. thank you so much and may god bless you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? >> to address the house

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Michael Arcuri: for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to express my

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Michael Arcuri: serious concerns that inadequate oversight, deficient procedures and ethical lapses at the department of interior mineral management services are costing the federal government millions of dollars

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Michael Arcuri: each year. the m.m.s. is responsible for negotiating, implementing and overseeing all federal leases for resources removed by private companies from public lands. and is supposed to be a guardian

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Carol Shea-Porter: of our nation's precious public resources. unfortunately, evidence suggest that the cozy relationships between m.m.s. officials and oil and gas companies have allowed these companies to underreport

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Carol Shea-Porter: the resources they remove from federal lands and underpay the royalties they owe to the federal government. evidence that m.m.s. has failed to detect and pursue these violations by oil and gas