Senate Proceeding on Feb 13th, 2009 :: 2:51:15 to 2:53:45
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Speech By: Kay Hutchison
Bill: H.R. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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Kay Hutchison: i had an amendment, which never made it to that military construction should be moved up from the department of defense five-year plan to three years. military construction is money that we know we're going to spend. the department of defense has a five-year plan.

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Kay Hutchison: th priorities are. we normally take it one year at a time. why not take the five-year plan and bring it up or three years because we know it would be american jobs, we know it is money that we're going to spend anyway, it would be stimulative, and it would be

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Kay Hutchison: instead, the conference cut t military spending in this bill from what passed in the senate. the conference cut our militar spending for hospitals and for veterans administration hospitals to increase the quality and access to health care for our veterans. mr. president, what kind of

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Kay Hutchison: priority is that? and they're increasing spending to save a mouse in san francisco that might be endangered. mr. president, this is not a package that we can be proud to give to the american peoplend say, it' belts to do this because it will make a difference.

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Kay Hutchison: but we cane for something. we don't say we should have everything that we propose. there are other good ideas on the other side. we acknowledge that. but, mr. president, this is not the right bill for the american people, and i urge my colleagues to please consider their positions and let us do this right.

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Kay Hutchison: tax cuts to spur spending, tax cuts to spur the opportunity for corporations and businesses to hire people, spending on infrastructure, more in military construction, not less. that would be a bill that we could support, mr. president. i thank you, and i yield t

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Kay Hutchison: floor. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the se from mr. enzi: thank you, mr. president. i, too, want to speak about the conference committee report that we're i didn't think that it was possible, but after waiting until late last night to finally

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Kay Hutchison: receive the text of this trillion economic bailout

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legislation, the speaker of the house and the majority leader took a bad bill and made it worse. fix housing first. the housing market is where the problem began, and it's where they will end. fix housing first. so what did the negotiators between the house and senate do? amazingly, democratic leadership