Senate Proceeding on Apr 23rd, 2009 :: 8:13:00 to 8:15:05
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John Cornyn: that aren't measured and start measuring them and things that aren't working well, get rid of them. it says we will go line by line every federal program. we will have oversight at least once a year on everything that's out there and we will make a sent in -- a dent in

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Speech By: John Cornyn

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John Cornyn: in this $300 billion plus. is it moral to waste $300 billion and that $300 billion come out of lost opportunity of our children, is that a moral position that the senate wants to stand on? does the congress want to stand on that? can our country ultimately survive if we keep doing we're doing? and the answer to that is

8:13:39 to 8:13:59( Edit History Discussion )

John Cornyn: imfatticly, no. we can't. -- emphatically, no. we every government has died under fiscal they hadn't -- this is a straightforward commitment by the senate and the congress thro president obama's request that what he's going to do we're

8:14:00 to 8:14:20( Edit History Discussion )

John Cornyn: going to do and we're going to weed out a large ineffectiveness of the duplication and of the waste that's in our government and our grandkids' government. there is no reason for us to have anything other than a unanimous vote on this m

8:14:21 to 8:14:43( Edit History Discussion )

John Cornyn: instruct. and if you don't think we should be doing that, you don't belong in the united states senate. if you don't think we have a constitutional obligation to evaluate where we're spending the money, get rid of the waste and go line by line through all these programs. we need some other people up here, because right now our

8:14:44 to 8:15:04( Edit History Discussion )

John Cornyn: republic is in jeopardy, and it's not from terrorists. it's from our own potential fiscal collapse. so the time to attack that is now. it is my hope that the senate will send a huge vote on this motion, that we mean business. we're going to join hands with president obama, and we're going

8:15:05 to 8:15:05( Edit History Discussion )

John Cornyn: to fix most of what's wrong in