| 00:00:03 | THE REAL SALT LAKE SOCCER CLUB FOR WINNING THE 2009 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER CUP. |
| 00:00:15 | I DON'T THINK THE GENTLEMAN SHOULD COME TO THE FLOOR AND PUT DOWN THIS. |
| 00:00:28 | MR. |
| 00:00:29 | CHAFFETZ: TAKE HER WORDS DOWN. |
| 00:00:30 | I MOVE TO TAKE HER WORDS DOWN. |
| 00:00:34 | MS. |
| 00:00:36 | NORTON: WHAT WORD INSULTED THE GENTLEMAN? |
| 00:00:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MEMBERS WILL SUSPEND. |
| 00:00:41 | THE WOMAN FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILL TAKE HER SEAT. |
| 00:00:46 | THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE WORDS. |
| 00:04:25 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: DOES THE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. |
| 00:04:31 | MS. |
| 00:04:32 | NORTON: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT. |
| 00:04:36 | I NEVER CALLED THE GENTLEMAN DISHONEST. |
| 00:04:38 | I DID NOT -- LIES IN HIS MOUTH IS AN EXPRESSION THAT MEANS THE GENTLEMAN HAS NO BUSINESS SAYING WHAT HE SAID. |
| 00:04:48 | BUT IF IT IS CONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT I'M CALLING HIM A LIAR, I WILL CERTAINLY ASK THAT BE STRICKEN FROM THE WORD. |
| 00:05:01 | MY COMMENTS WERE BEGUN WITH WORDS ABOUT CIVILITY HERE. |
| 00:05:05 | SO I DID NOT INTEND TO CALL THE GENTLEMAN DISHONEST OR A LIAR. |
| 00:05:12 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: IS THERE AN OBJECTION? |
| 00:05:15 | MR. |
| 00:05:16 | CHAFFETZ: CAN I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT? |
| 00:05:19 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED ON HIS RESERVATION. |
| 00:05:29 | MR. SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. |
| 00:05:33 | MY INTENTION HERE IS PURE. |
| 00:05:34 | SHE WAS ASKING FOR CIVILITY. |
| 00:05:36 | I'LL TAKE HER WORD FOR IT. |
| 00:05:39 | WE HAVE CERTAIN DECORUM AND I ASK THAT WE ABIDE BY THAT. |
| 00:05:44 | TO SAY THAT A MEMBER IS BEING DECEITFUL OR A LIAR IS NOT WITHIN THE HISTORY AND THE ONGOING PROCEEDINGS OF THIS HOUSE. |
| 00:05:56 | THAT'S ALL I ASK. AND I WITHDRAW MY RESERVATION. |
| 00:05:59 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:06:01 | WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE PENDING WORDS ARE WITHDRAWN AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:06:08 | MS. |
| 00:06:09 | NORTON: I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN HAS WITHDRAWN HIS OBJECTION AND HE KNOWS ME WELL. |
| 00:06:13 | HE'S ON THE BANKING COMMITTEE AND ONE OF MY COMMITTEES AND HE KNOWS THAT I DON'T ENGAGE IN POINTLESS REMARKS. |
| 00:06:22 | THE WHOLE IMPORT OF MY OBJECTION TO ISSUES WITH THE GENTLEMAN'S RESOLUTION ON SARATOGA I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND I CERTAINLY RESPECT THE GENTLEMAN AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE MEANT OTHER WISE THROUGH MY REMARKS. |
| 00:06:43 | I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. |
| 00:06:45 | AND I'M PREPARED TO YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:06:49 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: -- MS. |
| 00:06:55 | NORTON: I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:06:56 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH. |
| 00:07:02 | . MR. |
| 00:07:03 | CHAFFETZ: LET ME MAKE THE POINT THAT, YES, I VOTED FOR SPORTS RESOLUTIONS, I'VE EVEN CO-SPONSORED RESOLUTIONS BUT I CAME TO REALIZE WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THAT IS. |
| 00:07:14 | SO A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO I TOOK THE PLEDGE THAT I WAS NO LONGER GOING TO PARTICIPATE. |
| 00:07:19 | THERE ARE EXAMPLES IN MY PAST OF BEING A FRESHMAN YEAR, I MADE MISTAKES, THAT'S ONE OF THEM. |
| 00:07:26 | I JUST BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT, MORE WORTHY THINGS THAT THIS BODY OUGHT TO BE PARTICIPATING IN AND PROBABLY THE NEXT THING WE OUGHT TO BE DOING IS VOTING ON SOME THINGS TODAY. |
| 00:07:36 | SO WITH THAT I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST HOUSE RESOLUTION 1513 AND I'LL YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:07:43 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH YIELDS. |
| 00:07:45 | THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:07:49 | MS. |
| 00:07:50 | NORTON: I ACCEPT THE GENTLEMAN'S CHANGE ON HOW HE THINKS THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED. |
| 00:07:53 | I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE IT OUT ON THE MEMBER FROM SARATOGA AND I ASK THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS BEFORE US, COMMEMORATING THE 142 NDS ANNIVERSARY OF THE SARATOGA -- 142ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE SARATOGA RACING COURSE. |
| 00:08:13 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:08:16 | THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE WITH THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. |
| 00:08:28 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 00:08:29 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 00:08:30 | IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RAILROAD HE CAN IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 00:08:37 | MR. |
| 00:08:38 | CHAFFETZ: I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS. |
| 00:08:39 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN ASKS FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS. |
| 00:08:42 | ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL COUNTED. |
| 00:08:46 | A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED. |
| 00:08:50 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20 AND THE CHAIR'S PRIOR ANNOUNCEMENT, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED. |
| 00:09:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 0, PROCEEDINGS WILL RESUME ON MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED. |
| 00:09:22 | VOTES WILL BE TAKEN IN THE FOLLOWING ORT. |
| 00:09:28 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 1491, H. |
| 00:09:29 | R. 5604 AND HOUSE RESOLUTION 1516 EACH BY THE YEAS AND NAYS. |
| 00:09:33 | THE FIRST ELECTRONIC VOTE WILL BE CONDUCTED AS A 15-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:09:37 | REMAINING ELECTRONIC VOTES WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FIVE-MINUTE VOTES. |
| 00:09:46 | THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA, MR. |
| 00:09:49 | LOEBSACK, TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1491 ON WHICH THE YEAS ANDAYS WERE ORDERED. |
| 00:09:52 | THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:09:57 | THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 1491, RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA GA COCKS ON WINNING THE 2010 NCAA DIVISION I WORLD SERIES. |
| 00:10:08 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: T QUTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:10:12 | MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. |
| 00:10:16 | THIS IS A 15-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:10:23 | [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. |
| 00:10:25 | , IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:10:28 | ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE U. |
| 00:10:42 | S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:39:41 | ] THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS MOTION, THE YEAS ARE 400, THE NAYS ARE SIX, TWO ARE RECORDED AS PRESENT. |
| 00:39:49 | 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE ARE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 00:40:10 | THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE VOTE ON THE TION OF THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 00:40:15 | PERRIELLO TO SUSPEND THE RES AND PASS H. |
| 00:40:18 | R. 5604, ON WHICH THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED. |
| 00:40:20 | THE CLK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. |
| 00:40:23 | THE CLER H. |
| 00:40:24 | R. 5604, A BILL TO RESCIND AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED FOR CERTAIN SURFE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. |
| 00:40:32 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL? |
| 00:40:36 | MEMBERS LL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. |
| 00:40:39 | THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:40:41 | [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE TIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. |
| 00:40:44 | , IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:40:47 | ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE U. |
| 00:48:50 | S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE] THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 402, THE NAYS ARE ZERO. |
| 00:48:54 | 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULE IS SUSPENDED, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 00:49:06 | THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, MR. |
| 00:49:11 | SKELTON, TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1516 ON WHICH THE YEAS AND NAYS WERE ORDERED. |
| 00:49:17 | THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:49:21 | THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 1516, RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 56THNNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II, HONORING THE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HONORING THE SERVICE MEMBERS CURRENTLY SERVING IN COMBAT OPERATIONS. |
| 00:49:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO THE RESOLUTION? |
| 00:49:41 | MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. |
| 00:49:43 | THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:49:46 | [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. |
| 00:49:49 | , IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:49:52 | ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE U. |
| 00:57:13 | S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.] THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE YEAS ARE 408, THE NAYS ARE ZERO. |
| 00:57:17 | 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THRULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 00:57:52 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO RISE? |
| 00:57:56 | MR. |
| 00:57:57 | POLIS: MR. SPEAKER, I SEND TO THE DESK A PRIVILEGED REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR FILING UNDER THE RULE. |
| 00:58:04 | THE CLERK: REPORT TO ACCOMPANY HOUSE RESOLUTION 15737, RESOLUTION WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6-A OF RULE 13 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES. |
| 00:58:20 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: REFERRED TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR AND ORDERED PRINTED. |
| 00:58:34 | THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. |
| 00:59:11 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RISE? |
| 00:59:15 | >> MR. |
| 00:59:16 | SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL H. |
| 00:59:20 | R. 5532 AS AMENDED. |
| 00:59:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WOULD THE GENTLEWOMAN SUSPEND. |
| 00:59:28 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES DOES THE OTHER THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RISE? |
| 00:59:32 | >> I WAS DETAINED AND UNABLE TO VOTE ON H. |
| 00:59:38 | R. 5604. |
| 00:59:39 | HAD I BEEN PRESENT, I WOULD HAVE VOTED AYE. |
| 00:59:44 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:59:46 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 ROOF RULE 20. |
| 00:59:51 | THE CHAIR WILL POSTPONETHE RULES UPON WHICH THE VOTES INCURS OBJECTION UNDER CLAUSE 6 OF RULE 20. |
| 01:00:02 | POSTPONED VOTES OF QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN LATER. |
| 01:00:08 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA SEEK RECOGNITION? |
| 01:00:11 | MS. LOFGREN: MR. |
| 01:00:12 | SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL H. |
| 01:00:14 | R. 5532 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:00:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. |
| 01:00:20 | THE CLERK: A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT WITH RESPECT TO ADOPTED ALIEN CHILDREN. |
| 01:00:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. |
| 01:00:46 | MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. |
| 01:01:05 | PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. |
| 01:01:09 | LOFGREN, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 01:01:11 | SMITH, WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 01:01:13 | THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. |
| 01:01:15 | MS. |
| 01:01:16 | LOFGREN: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. |
| 01:01:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:01:27 | MS. |
| 01:01:28 | LOFGREN: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:01:31 | I INTRODUCED 5532, THE INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION HARMONIZATION ACT OF 2010 TO CORRECT LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS AND INCONSISTENCIES WITH RESPECT TO ADOPTIONS OF FOREIGN CHILDREN BY U. |
| 01:01:45 | S. CITIZEN PARENTS. |
| 01:01:46 | FIRST, THE BILL WOULD HAR MONDAYIZE THE AGE REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE NEEDED ELECTION BUILT IN CASES WHERE ADOPTIONS TAKE LONGER. |
| 01:01:56 | OUR LAW CONTAINS TWO AGE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF FOREIGN CHILDREN. |
| 01:02:01 | THE RULE IS THAT AN ADOPTION MUST BE FINALIZED BEFORE A CHILD TURNS 16 IN ORDER FOR THE CHILD TO QUALIFY FOR LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:02:10 | FOR ANY SIBLING OF SUCH A CHILD, THE ADOPTION MUST BE FINALIZED BEFORE THE SIBLING'S 18TH BIRTHDAY BUT ONLY IF THE SIBLING COMES FROM A COUNTRY THAT HAS NOT SIGNED THE HAGUE CONVENTION. |
| 01:02:23 | THE AGE CUTOFF FROM SIGNATORY COUNTRIES IS 16. |
| 01:02:26 | THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS CREATE CONFUSION IN PARTICULAR WITH RESPECT TO MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIGNATORY COUNTRIES, THE 16-YEAR-OLD CUTOFF PROVISION. |
| 01:02:38 | IT FAILS -- FAILING TO MEET THE CUTOFF COULD HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES. |
| 01:02:44 | THE 16-YEAR-OLD AGE REQUIREMENT PREVENTS A SMALL NUMBER OF FOREIGN CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY U. |
| 01:02:49 | S. CITIZEN PARENTS FROM OBTAINING LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:02:54 | IF AN ADOPTION TAKES LONGER THAN EXPECTED, EVEN FOR REASONS OUTSIDE THE PARENTS' CONTROL AND THE DEADLINE IS MISSED EVEN BY ONE DAY, THE CHILD IS LEFT WITH NO REMEDY WHATSOEVER. |
| 01:03:04 | ALTHOUGH THE CHILD MAY BE LEGALLY ADOPTED BY U. |
| 01:03:08 | S. CITIZEN PARENTS, HE OR SHE CANNOT LEGALLY REMAIN WITH THEM IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:03:14 | OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A NONSENSICAL RESULT WHERE ONE'S CHILD HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE UNITED STATES OR MORE LIKELY, THE INDIVIDUAL COMES TO US FOR PRIVATE RELIEF, WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT SUCCEED IN GRANTING. |
| 01:03:31 | H. |
| 01:03:33 | R. 5532 RECOMMENDS -- REMEDIES THE PROBLEM TO REQUIRE ALL ADOPTIONS BE FINALIZED BEFORE A CHILD'S 18TH BIRTHDAY. |
| 01:03:42 | THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS BY WHICH TO COMPLETE AN ADOPTION BEFORE A CHILD IS BARRED FROM LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES OR WITH HIS OR HER PARENTS. |
| 01:03:52 | AS ADOPTIONS OF FOREIGN CHILDREN ARE RARELY COMPLETED BEYOND A CHILD'S 16TH BIRTHDAY, CHINA ALLOWS ADOPTIONS ONLY UP TO THE AGE OF 14, THIS BILL WOULD AFFECT VERY FEW CHILDREN. |
| 01:04:03 | BUT FOR THOSE FEW CHILDREN, THIS BILL IS CRITICAL. |
| 01:04:05 | SECOND, H. |
| 01:04:06 | R. 5532 WOULD HAR MONDAYIZE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS. |
| 01:04:15 | CURRENT LAW REQUIRES CHILDREN TO HAVE VACCINES PRIOR TO ARRIVAL BUT THERE IS AN EXEMPTION IF THE ADOPTED PARENTS CERTIFY THAT NECESSARY SHOTS WILL BE REQUIRED. |
| 01:04:29 | THIS EXEMPTION WAS REQUIRED BY CONGRESS IN 1997 DESIGNED TO PREVENT PARENTS TO SUBJECT THEIR CHILDREN TO NUMEROUS IMMUNIZATIONS AND ALLOW THEM TO IMMUNIZE THEM IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:04:46 | THIS EXCEPTION APPLIES TO CHILDREN ONLY ADOPTED FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT SIGNATORIES TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION AND DOES NOT APPLY TO CHILDREN FROM SIGNATORY COUNTRIES. |
| 01:04:57 | THIS FIXES THIS DISCREPANCY BY EXPANDING THE DEFINITION TO COVER CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR HOME COUNTRY IS A SIGNATORY TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION. |
| 01:05:06 | I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, JOHN CONYERS, RANKING MEMBER, LAMAR SMITH, AND REPRESENTATIVE FORTENBERRY FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS MEASURE. |
| 01:05:16 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:05:22 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES HER TIME. |
| 01:05:25 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:05:27 | MR. |
| 01:05:28 | SMITH: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:05:31 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:05:33 | MR. SMITH: I CO-SPONSORED THIS LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY CHAIRWOMAN LOFGREN AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. |
| 01:05:42 | WE HAVE A TRADITION OF WELCOMING NEW COMERS AND MET ONE MILLION IMMIGRANTS A YEAR AS MANY AS ALL OTHER COUNTRIES COMBINED. |
| 01:05:52 | THIS CONTINUES THISEN ROSSITY BY ENSURING PARENTS WHO WANT TO OPEN HAIR HEARTS AND HOMES TO CHILDREN FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE ABLE TO DO SO. |
| 01:06:02 | THE ACT PROVIDES THAT U. |
| 01:06:03 | S. CITIZENS CAN ADOPT FOREIGN CHILDREN AND HAVE THE CHILDREN CONSIDERED IMMEDIATE RELATIVES FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES IF THE CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED WHILE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS. |
| 01:06:13 | AMERICAN FAMILIES WHO INITIATED ADOPTIONS OF FOREIGN CHILDREN BY THEIR 16TH BIRTHDAYS BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE ADOPTIONS BY THAT DATE HAVE SOUGHT RELIEF FROM THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS AND WE HAVE RESPONDED STHETICALLY. |
| 01:06:29 | CONGRESS HAS PASSED PRIVATE BILLS OVER THE YEARS TO ALLOW THESE FAMILIES TO SPONSOR THEIR ADOPTED CHILDREN FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS IN THE U. |
| 01:06:39 | S. CONGRESS HAS PASSED SUCH PRIVATE BILLS IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO MODIFY THE LAW AND PROVIDE A BROAD REMEDY. |
| 01:06:47 | THIS LEGISLATION PROVIDES THAT FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES, ADOPTIONS BY U. |
| 01:06:51 | S. PARENTS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE AGE OF 18 INSTEAD OF 16. |
| 01:06:57 | UNDER THE BILL, THE PARENTS ARE STILL OBLIGATED TO FINALIZE THE ADOPTION BY THE 18TH BIRTHDAY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE IMMIGRATION BENEFITS FOR THEIR CHILD. |
| 01:07:07 | WE EXPECT U. |
| 01:07:08 | S. CITIZENSHIP TO CONTINUE TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST POSSIBLE FRAUD IN THE FOREIGN ADOPTION PROCESS. |
| 01:07:15 | THIS BILL ACCOMPLISHES ONE MORE OBJECTIVE BY MAKING A TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON IN TRA COUNTRY ADOPTIONS. |
| 01:07:26 | PROSPECTIVE IMMIGRANTS HAVE TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST CERTAIN DISEASES. |
| 01:07:30 | THE LAW PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION TO THE GENERAL IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENT IF ONE A CHILD IS 10 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER AND TWO, THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS CERTIFY THAT THE CHILD WILL RECEIVE THE NECESSARY VACCINATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ENTRY INTO THE U. |
| 01:07:48 | S. THIS EXEMPTION ENACTED IN 198 -- 1997 IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO SUBJECT THEIR CHILDREN TO SOMETIMES UNSAFE IMMUNIZATIONS IN FOREIGN NATIONS. |
| 01:08:01 | RATHER THEY CAN SAFELY IMMUNIZE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:08:05 | HOWEVER, WHEN THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON IN TRA COUNTRY ADOPTIONS WAS LATER ADOPTED THIS WAS NOT EXTENDED TO THE CHILDREN FROM SIGNATORY COUNTRIES. |
| 01:08:14 | THE BILL EXTENDED THE EXEMPTION TO COVER CHILDREN FROM THESE COUNTRIES. |
| 01:08:20 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. |
| 01:08:21 | AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:08:28 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 01:08:32 | MS. LOFGREN: I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:08:35 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MEMBERS AND STAFF ARE ARE REMINDED NOT TO TRAFFIC THE WELL WHILE OTHER MEMBERS ARE UNDER RECOGNITION. |
| 01:08:41 | THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:08:45 | R. 5432 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:08:47 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 01:08:49 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 01:08:50 | IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 01:09:04 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA SEEK RECOGNITION? |
| 01:09:09 | MS. |
| 01:09:10 | LOFGREN: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:09:15 | R. 5283 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:09:16 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. |
| 01:09:19 | THE CLERK: H. |
| 01:09:20 | R. 5283, A BILL TO HELP ORPHANS FROM HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF 2010. |
| 01:09:27 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. |
| 01:09:30 | LOFGREN, AND THE GENTLEMAN, MR. |
| 01:09:33 | SMITH, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 01:09:36 | MS. |
| 01:09:37 | LOFGREN: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. |
| 01:09:44 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:09:47 | MS. LOFGREN: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:09:49 | H. |
| 01:09:50 | R. 5283, THE HELP HAITI ACT OF 2010 WAS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFF FORTENBERRY AND IS AN IMPORTANT BILL TO HELP US FINISH THE JOB WE UNDERTOOK WHEN WE RESCUED 10,000 ORPHANS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT THAT COULDN'T ARERY EARLIER THIS YEAR. |
| 01:10:13 | SIX MONTHINGS LATER, IT'S HARD TO FORGET HOW TERRIBLE THIS DISASTER WAS. |
| 01:10:19 | OVER 300,000 HOMES WERE DESTROYED OR SEVERELY DAMAGED. |
| 01:10:26 | AT LEAST 1. |
| 01:10:27 | 5 MILLION PEOPLE WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE QUAKE. |
| 01:10:31 | IN TERMS OF HUMAN AND ECONOMIC IMPACT, IT'S THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER EVER RECORDED IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. |
| 01:10:37 | IN RESPONSE TO THIS DISASTER, I AM PROUD OUR COUNTRY RESPONDED QUICKLY AND IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. |
| 01:10:44 | MANY KNOW ABOUT THE SEARCH AND RECOVERY EFFORT THE DISSEMINATION OF FOOD AND WATER, PRIVATE DONATIONS TOTALING 1. |
| 01:10:54 | 3 -- TOTALING $1. |
| 01:10:56 | 3 BILLION, THE PEOPLE WHO WENT THERE TO PROVIDE CRITICAL CARE AND SAVE LIVES. |
| 01:11:01 | THERE ARE OTHER WAY OURS COUNTRY PROVIDED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. |
| 01:11:06 | SOON AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE HIT, THE HOMELAND SECURITY IMMIGRATION SERVICE TOOK SEVERAL STEPS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN HAITI, INCLUDING CREATING A HUMANITARIAN POLICY FOR THE IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF HAITIAN ORPHANS WHO HAD BEEN ADOPTED OR WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADOPTED BY U. |
| 01:11:28 | S. CITIZENS. THESE CHILDREN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS AVAILABLE FOR INTERCOULDN'T ARERY ADOPTION SO THEY WERE NOT AT RISK FOR BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE. |
| 01:11:44 | NOW IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE OR PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE AMERICAN PARENTS, THEY NEED ONE MORE THING IF US. |
| 01:11:52 | HAD THE EARTHQUAKE NOT HIT AND DISRUPTED THE ADOPTION PROCESSES IN HAITI, EACH WOULD HAVE ENTERED THE COUNTRY AS U. |
| 01:11:59 | S. CITIZENS UNDER CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAW BUT BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES USED TO EVACUATE THE CHILDREN THEY MUST NOW WAIT YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN GET PERMANENT RESIDENCY AND YEARS MORE BEFORE THEY QUALIFY FOR CITIZENSHIP. |
| 01:12:13 | SOME ARE IN DANGER OF AGING OUT BEFORE THEY GET THEIR RESIDENCY, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM INELIGIBLE FOR LEGAL STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY. |
| 01:12:20 | H. |
| 01:12:21 | R. 5283 WOULD SIMPLY TREAT THESE CHILDREN AS IF THE EARTHQUAKE HAD NOT HAPPENED AND THEY HAD COME TO THE U. |
| 01:12:28 | S. UNDER NORMAL PROCEDURES. |
| 01:12:30 | SPECIFICALLY, THE BILL WOULD ALLOW AN ADOPTIVE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN IN THE UNITED STATES TO APPLY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THE 1,200 HAITIAN ORPHANS BROUGHT TO THE U. |
| 01:12:42 | S. UNDER THE USCIS PAROLE POLICY ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 18 AND ENDED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. |
| 01:12:54 | I COMMEND REPRESENTATIVE FORTENBERRY FOR INTRODUCING THIS BILL AND COMMITTEE RANKING MEMBER LAMAR SMITH FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THIS MEASURE. |
| 01:13:03 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND I ARE RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:13:08 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES. |
| 01:13:10 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:13:13 | MR. |
| 01:13:14 | SMITH: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:13:16 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:13:18 | MR. |
| 01:13:19 | SMITH: AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE HIT HAITI CLAIMING 200,000 LIVES. |
| 01:13:27 | THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY QUICKLY ACTED IN THE BEST AMERICAN TRADITION. |
| 01:13:32 | THEY ALLOWED ORPHANED HAITIAN CHILDREN WHO WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS WITH AMERICAN PARENTS TO QUICKLY ENTER THE U. |
| 01:13:44 | S. ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS HAD NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE U. |
| 01:13:50 | S. UNDER THE IMMIGRATION NATIONALITY ACT, THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEIR U. |
| 01:13:54 | S. ADOPTIVE PARENTS FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE THE PARENTS CAN APPLY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE STATUS FOR THE CHILDREN. |
| 01:14:03 | DURING THAT PERIOD, THE CHILDREN MUST HAVE THEIR TEMPORARY PAROLE STATUS EACH YEAR. |
| 01:14:08 | AS A RESULT, THEY'LL WAIT AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN PAROLE STATUS. |
| 01:14:14 | REPRESENTATIVE FORTENBERRY WAS WORRIED ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT THE NEW LIVES OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE U. |
| 01:14:20 | S. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS DIE IN THE PAROLE PERIOD? |
| 01:14:25 | IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND ENSURE THE FUTURES OF THESE HAITIAN ORPHANS, REPRESENTATIVE FORTENBERRY INTRODUCED THE HELP HAITI ACT OF 2010. |
| 01:14:34 | IT ALLOWS THOSE BROUGHT TO THE U. |
| 01:14:36 | S. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE TO RECEIVE PERMANENT RESIDENCEY IMMEDIATELY. |
| 01:14:41 | THIS HELPS FUTURE AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WAS ALREADY SUFFERED MUCH BUT WHO WILL HAVE BRIGHT FUTURES IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:14:48 | I'M GOING TO YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEBRASKA, MR. |
| 01:14:53 | FORTENBERRY, THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION. |
| 01:14:55 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:14:57 | MR. |
| 01:14:58 | FORTENBERRY: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS FOR THE TIME. |
| 01:15:01 | I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT AS WE HEARD, MORE THAN 1,000 HAITIAN ORPHANS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADOPTED BY AMERICAN FAMILIES PRIOR TO THE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK HAITI LAST JANUARY STAND TODAY IN LEGAL LIMBO AND AS MENTIONED BY CHAIRWOMAN LOFGREN, IN THE TRAGIC EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH, THESE ORPHANS WERE EVACUATED BY THE U. |
| 01:15:21 | S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS AND WITH THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT'S PERMISSION TO AMERICAN SOIL. |
| 01:15:30 | CATASTROPHIC CIRCUMSTANCES PROMPTED THE EVACUATION OF THE CHILDREN TO THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THEIR ADOPTIONS COULD BE FINALIZED IN HAITIAN COURT. |
| 01:15:36 | HAPPILY IN MY HOME STATE OF NEBRASKA AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, MANY OF THESE HAITIAN ORPHANS WERE ABE TO UNITE WITH THE VERY AMERICAN FAMILIES SEEKING TO ADOPT THEM AND WHO ARE NOW WORKING TO FINALIZE THEIR ADOPTIONS IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:15:53 | DUE TO A TECHNICALITY IN THE LAW, HOWEVER, THESE HAITIAN CHILDREN, UPON ESTABLISHING A LEGAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE U. |
| 01:16:02 | S. PARENT, WILL HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY BECOME LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. |
| 01:16:08 | AS INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION CASEWORKERS CAN ATTEST, MUCH CAN HAPPEN TO THESE ORPHANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN TWO YEARS. |
| 01:16:15 | SO LONG AS THEIR STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES REMAINS TEMPORARY, THESE VULNERABLE CHILDREN WILL HAVE FEW FEW LEGAL PROTECTIONS. |
| 01:16:22 | THEY MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR CRITICAL RESOURCES AND THEY MAY FACE THE RISK OF BEING FORCED TO REPATRIATE TO HAITI IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. |
| 01:16:33 | TO MITIGATE THESE RISKS, THE RISKS THAT THESE ORPHAN CHILDREN FROM HAITI FACE, I INTRODUCED THE HELP HAITI ADOPTEES IMMEDIATELY TO INTEGRATE ACT OF 2010, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HELP HAITI ACT. |
| 01:16:46 | THIS LEGISLATION IS PE THE PRODUCT OF CONTINUAL DIALOGUE AND OUTREACH BOTH TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, U. |
| 01:16:53 | S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION VARIOUS AND TO MY REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE. |
| 01:17:00 | THE HELP HAITI ACT WOULD PROVIDE LEGAL CERTAINTY OF PROTECTIONS TO THESE EVACUATED HAITIAN ORPHANS BY ENABLING ADOPTIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES TO OBTAIN PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR THESE CHILDREN MORE QUICKLY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. |
| 01:17:13 | HAD THE EARTHQUAKE NOT HAPPENED, THESE ORPHANED HAITIAN CHILDREN WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS. |
| 01:17:21 | AMERICAN FAMILIES WOULD HAVE FINALIZED THE ADOPTIONS OF THESE ORPHANS IN HAITIAN COURTS. |
| 01:17:28 | THEN UPON ENTERING THE UNITED STATES TO JOIN THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, THESE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVED U. |
| 01:17:34 | S. CITIZENSHIP. |
| 01:17:35 | HOWEVER, THE CATASTROPHE DISRUPTED THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION FOR THESE CHILDREN. |
| 01:17:41 | THE HELP HAITI ACT WOULD HELP TO NORMALIZE THE IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES THAT THESE ADOPTED ORPHANS NOW FACE. |
| 01:17:48 | IT WOULD ALLOW ADOPTIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES TO APPLY LEGALLY TO OBTAIN PERMANENT LEGAL RESIDENCY FOR THESE VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ENABLE THEM TO EVENTUALLY QUALIFY FOR U. |
| 01:18:02 | S. CITIZENSHIP. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ALSO HELP REDUCE THE STAFF, MONETARY AND OTHER RESOURCE DEMANDS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S U. |
| 01:18:10 | S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE. |
| 01:18:15 | AS WE ALL KNOW, MR. |
| 01:18:16 | SPEAKER, THESE ORPHAN CHILDREN HAVE ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS AND ENDURED HEARTBREAKING TRAGEDY TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND UNITE WITH THEIR AMERICAN ADOPTIVE PATIENTS. |
| 01:18:26 | GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY AND DANGER THAT THESE CHILDREN HAVE FACED WE NOW ARE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A MEASURE OF COMFORT AND CERTAINTY AS TO THEIR FUTURE WITH THEIR ADOPTED FAMILIES HERE IN AMERICA. |
| 01:18:39 | SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK CHAIRWOMAN LOFGREN FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND WORK ON THIS BILL ALONG WITH RANKING MEMBER SMITH. |
| 01:18:48 | I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND SUPPORT AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:18:51 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 01:18:55 | MR. |
| 01:18:57 | SMITH: I YIELD BACK AS WELL. |
| 01:18:58 | MS. |
| 01:18:59 | LOFGREN: I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, SO I WOULD ALSO BE PLEASED TO ASK OUR COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT, AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:19:06 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:19:11 | R. 5283? |
| 01:19:12 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 01:19:14 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 01:19:20 | EXCUSE ME. |
| 01:19:21 | WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:19:24 | R. 5283S A AMENDED. |
| 01:19:25 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 01:19:26 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 01:19:29 | IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED TPWHIRBLING IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 01:20:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA RISE? |
| 01:20:13 | >> I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HOUSE RESOLUTION 1470. |
| 01:20:18 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION. |
| 01:20:21 | THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 1470, RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM S. |
| 01:20:33 | RICHARDSON. |
| 01:20:34 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 01:20:37 | SCOTT, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM HAWAII, MR. |
| 01:20:40 | DJOU, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 01:20:44 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 01:20:48 | MR. SCOTT: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AN INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS REMARKS INTO THE RECORD. |
| 01:20:56 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:20:59 | MR. SCOTT: I ASK THAT MY STATEMENT BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AT THIS POINT. |
| 01:21:02 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:21:05 | MR. SCOTT: AND I YIELD TO THE GENTLELADY, MS. |
| 01:21:07 | HIRONO. |
| 01:21:08 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:21:10 | MS. |
| 01:21:11 | HIRONO: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 1470RK RECOGNIZING THE LIFE, A-- ACHIEVEMENTS AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM RICHARDSON OF THE HAWAIIAN SUPREME COURT. |
| 01:21:25 | HE WAS BORN IN HONOLULU IN 1919. |
| 01:21:27 | HE WAS A GRADUATE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, HE WORKED IN PINEAPPLE CANNERIES TO PAY HIS WAY THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
| 01:21:37 | HE THEN EARNED A LAW DEGREE IF THE UFERTE OF -- THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI HE SERVED AS A PLATOON LEAD WE ARE THE FIRST FILIPINO INFANTRY REGIMENT IN WORLD WAR II. |
| 01:21:50 | IN 1956, HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF HAWAII'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY. |
| 01:21:54 | HE WAS ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN 1962. |
| 01:21:58 | IN 1966, GOVERNOR JOHN A. |
| 01:22:02 | BURNS APPOINTED HIM AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE HAWAII SUPREME COURT. |
| 01:22:06 | C. |
| 01:22:07 | J. RICHARDSON SERVED ON THE COURT FOR 16 YEARS. |
| 01:22:10 | C. |
| 01:22:11 | J. RICHARDSON WAS OUR NATION'S FIRST NATIVE HAWAIIAN SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE, WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIS FELLOW JUSTICE, C. |
| 01:22:21 | J. INCORPORATED NATIVE HAWAIIAN TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICES INTO STATE LAW AND EXPANDED PUBLIC RIGHTS. |
| 01:22:26 | IN PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS CASE IN 1968, C. |
| 01:22:32 | J. RICHARDSON IN ESSENCE ASKED, QUOTE, WHY SHOULD HAWAII FOLLOW ANGLO AMERICAN COMMON LAW RATHER THAN ITS ANCIENT TRADITIONS REGARDING THE USE OF PROPERTY? |
| 01:22:47 | HE RECALLED NOT BEING ALLOWED ON THE BEACH IN FRONT OF WHY KEY'S ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL AS A BOY. |
| 01:22:57 | THE HISTORIC RULING HE WROTE INCORP. |
| 01:22:59 | RATED HAWAIIAN CUSTOMS BY ENSURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SHORELINE NO HAWAII BEACH COULD BE CONSIDERED A PRIVATE BEACH LIKE ON THE MAINLAND. |
| 01:23:08 | UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE COURT ALSO ESTABLISHED THE WATER RIGHTS OF PEOPLE LIVING DOWNSTREAM FROM PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT SURROUNDED RIVERS OR STREAMS. |
| 01:23:30 | . NATIVE HAWAII ANS COULD GATHER TRADITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE PLANTS FOR THEIR CEREMONIES. |
| 01:23:41 | AMONG HIS PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENTS WAS THE OPENING OF HAWAII'S ONLY LAW SCHOOL IN 1973. |
| 01:23:47 | HE KNEW THAT THOSE WITH THE GREATEST STAKE IN BUILDING A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY WERE OFTEN DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COSTS. |
| 01:23:59 | HE FOUGHT A LENGTHY BATTLE TO CREATE AND SHAPE THE LAW SCHOOL THAT NOW PROUDLY BEARS HIS NAME. |
| 01:24:06 | OVER THE LAST YEARS, C. |
| 01:24:08 | J. HAD AN OFFICE AT THE SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A REGULAR SOURCE OF SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ALIKE. |
| 01:24:17 | I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND ANY DEEP FEST CONDOLENCES TO C. |
| 01:24:23 | J. RICHARDSON'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS, HIS TWO SISTERS, HIS SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. |
| 01:24:37 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THE GREAT C. |
| 01:24:40 | J. WITH ALL OF US AND I YIELD BACK THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO MR. |
| 01:24:46 | SCOTT. |
| 01:24:47 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:24:51 | MR. |
| 01:24:52 | SCOTT: I RESERVE. |
| 01:24:53 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM HAWAII IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:24:56 | MR. |
| 01:24:58 | DJOU: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:24:59 | I SUPPORT HOUSE RESOLUTION 1470. |
| 01:25:02 | I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM HAWAII FOR HER KIND WORDS AND ECHO MUCH OF THE VOICE ON THE LIFE OF CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM S. |
| 01:25:11 | RICHARDSON. |
| 01:25:12 | THIS RESOLUTION OWNERS THE LIFE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND CAREER OF WILLIAM S. |
| 01:25:17 | RICHARDSON THE FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF HAWAII AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF HAWAII. |
| 01:25:26 | CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 21 OF THIS YEAR AND HE WAS ONE OF HAWAII'S MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES. |
| 01:25:35 | HE PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN SHAPING HAWAII'S POLITICS AND LEGAL LANDSCAPE. |
| 01:25:41 | FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY PERSONALLY, HE TOUCHED MYSELF AND MY WIFE AS MY WIFE IS A GRADUATE OF THE WILLIAM S. |
| 01:25:48 | RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW AND I TAUGHT AT THE LAW SCHOOL THAT BEARS HIS NAME. |
| 01:25:53 | CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 22, 1919 AND REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS JUST A LOCAL BOY FROM HAWAII. |
| 01:26:02 | HE GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CRIN CINCINNATI. |
| 01:26:07 | HE VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN THE U. |
| 01:26:10 | S. ARMY. |
| 01:26:11 | HE SAW COMBAT AS A PLATOON LEADER AND LATER INDUCTED INTO THE INFANTRY OFFICER CANDIDATES' SCHOOL HALL OF FAME. |
| 01:26:20 | HE RETURNED TO HAWAII AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN PROMOTING STATEHOOD AND IN 1959, CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT FIGURES THAT DESERVES THANKS FROM ALL OF US ON HAWAII BECOMING A STATE. |
| 01:26:38 | CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON WAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SERVING ONE TERM FROM 1962 TO 1966 AS A DEMOCRAT. |
| 01:26:47 | HE WAS THE FIRST OF ANCESTRY TO HOLD THAT OFFICE. |
| 01:26:55 | RICHARDSON SERVED AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF HAWAII'S SUPREME COURT AND DURING HIS 16 YEARS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, MADE A NUMBER OF LANDMARK RULINGS THAT HAS SHAPED HAWAII AND OUR NATION TO THIS DAY. |
| 01:27:09 | MOST OF ALL, HE IS MUCH LOVED BY HIS FAMILY. |
| 01:27:13 | AND WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM HE IS A GRANDFATHER. |
| 01:27:17 | I COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM AND COME BY AND WATCH MY PRACTICE AS MUCH AS HE COULD. |
| 01:27:22 | I THINK THAT IS THE LEGACY ALL OF US WANT TO REMEMBER CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON FOR. |
| 01:27:28 | HE FOUGHT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAW SCHOOL. |
| 01:27:32 | HIS EFFORTS CULMINATED IN 1973 ESTABLISHING THE FIRST AND ONLY LAW SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF HAWAII, THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WILLIAM S. |
| 01:27:40 | RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW. |
| 01:27:43 | CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON SHARED HIS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WITH STUDENTS, ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES AND LEAVES A LASTING LEGACY IN OUR STATE. |
| 01:27:51 | MR. |
| 01:27:52 | SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES, THIS RESOLUTION HONORS THIS LONG-TIME LEADER AND PATH-BREAKING AMERICAN. |
| 01:27:59 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES IN JOINING ME IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:28:07 | ALOHA -- I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:28:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:28:14 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:28:15 | MR. |
| 01:28:16 | SCOTT: I JUST WANT TO THANK MY TWO COLLEAGUES FROM HAWAII FOR THEIR BIPARTISAN COOPERATION ON THIS RESOLUTION. |
| 01:28:20 | AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. |
| 01:28:23 | AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:28:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:28:27 | THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUCCESS PINNED THE RULES AND AGREE TO HOUSE RES. |
| 01:28:31 | LUTION 14770. |
| 01:28:34 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 01:28:36 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 01:28:37 | IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO. |
| 01:28:44 | WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 01:29:00 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA SEEK RECOGNITION? |
| 01:29:03 | MR. SCOTT: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:29:07 | R. 5566 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:29:08 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. |
| 01:29:10 | THE CLERK: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE TO PROHIBIT INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. |
| 01:29:21 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 01:29:24 | SCOTT, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. |
| 01:29:27 | GALLEGLY, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 01:29:31 | MR. SCOTT: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND STEPPED THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. |
| 01:29:42 | THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES A DISTURBING SUBJECT IN NEED OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. |
| 01:29:47 | IN THE LATE 1909'S, CONGRESS WAS MADE AWARE OF VIDEOTAPES AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING SMALL ANIMALS BEING CRUSHED TO DEATH. |
| 01:29:59 | THESE DID HE PICK SHONS WERE REFERRED TO AS CRUSHED VIDEOS AND WOMEN INFLICTING TORTURE WITH HIGH-HEALED SHOES AND IT APPEALS TO PEOPLE WITH A SPECIFIC SEXUAL FEDISH AND VIOLATES STATE LAWS. |
| 01:30:21 | PROSECUTORS HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY OBTAINING CONVICTIONS. |
| 01:30:24 | THE FACE OF THE PERSONS INFLICTING THE TORTURE WERE NOT SHOWN ON THE VIDEOS AND THE LOCATIONS, TIMES AND DATES OF THE ACTS COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED. |
| 01:30:35 | THE DEFENDANTS WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ASSERT AS A DEFENSE THAT THE STATES COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PERSONS INFLICTING THE CRUELTY AND COULD NOT PROVE THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE ACTS OCCURRED NOR COULD IT PROVE THAT THE ACTIONS TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. |
| 01:30:53 | IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO FIND THE PERPETRATORS OF THE UNDERLYING ACTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND EVEN AFTER THEY WERE FOUND, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN CONVICTIONS. |
| 01:31:05 | CONGRESS ENACTED A NEW LAW PROHIBITING THE SELL AND DEPICTION. |
| 01:31:13 | IT WAS SECTION 48 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. |
| 01:31:17 | THE MOTIVATION FOR PASSING THE LAW WAS TO ADDRESS THE SALE OF CRUSH VIDEOS BUT THE STATUTE WAS WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD BE READ IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES TO APPLY TO MORE MAINSTREAM MATERIALS SUCH AS HUNTING AND FISHING AND OTHER ACTIVITY PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 01:31:37 | BECAUSE OF THIS OF A BROADER READING, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN APRIL INVALUE DATED THE ENTIRE STATUTE IN UNITED STATES VERSUS STEVENS HOLDING THE LAW WAS OVERBROAD AND VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT. |
| 01:31:52 | THE COURT MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT DID NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CONGRESS ADOPTING A BILL THAT WOULD HOLD UP UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL SCRUTINY. |
| 01:32:00 | THE SUBCOMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ABOUT THE DECISION IN MAY AND HEARD FROM WITNESSES THAT TESTIFIED THAT A NARROW AND LEGISLATIVE APPROACH WOULD LIKELY BE CONSTITUTIONAL AND SURVIVE COURT CHALLENGE. |
| 01:32:10 | THE BILL BEFORE US IS MUCH MORE NARROW THAN THE ORIGINAL LAW. |
| 01:32:13 | THE MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IS THE BILL WOULD PROHIBIT THE SALE OF CRUSH VIDEOS THAT ARE A THEME UNDER CURRENT LAW. |
| 01:32:21 | THIS WOULD ADDRESS A KEY FLAW IN THE ORIGINAL STATUTE BECAUSE OBJECT SEN KNIT IS OUTSIDE THE PROTECTIONS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHERE ANS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHERE AS SOME OF THE PRIOR ACTIVITY WAS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND MORE NARROW RANGE OF DRK IS NARROW RANGE OF DRK IS COVERED. |
| 01:32:41 | FURTHERMORE, THIS LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HUNTING AND FISHING VIDEOS WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE PROHIBITION. |
| 01:32:48 | I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES -- MY COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. |
| 01:32:52 | GALLEGLY AND MR. |
| 01:32:53 | PETERS WHO WORKED TOGETHER TO PRODUCE THIS BIPARTISAN BILL AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I RESERVE. |
| 01:33:01 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:33:04 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:33:05 | MR. |
| 01:33:06 | GALLEGLY: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:33:08 | FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT I HAVE A STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN JIM MORAN FROM VIRGINIA BE PLACED IN THE RECORD. |
| 01:33:18 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:33:21 | MR. GALLEGLY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN CONYERS AND MY GOOD FRIEND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BOBBY SCOTT AND MY RANKING MEMBER LAMAR SMITH FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME TO DRAFT THE BILL THAT WOULD HELP PUT A STOP TO THE SALE OF ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ADDRESSING THE FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING. |
| 01:33:43 | THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA FIRST BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO MY ATTENTION BACK IN 1999. |
| 01:33:50 | HE EXPLAINED THAT ALTHOUGH CRUSH VIDEOS WERE ILLEGAL UNDER STATE LAWS, THE CRIME WAS DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE BECAUSE VIDEO PRODUCERS MOVED THEIR GOODS THROUGH INTERSTATE COMMERCE TO AVOID PROSECUTION. |
| 01:34:04 | THE F. |
| 01:34:05 | B.I., THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE U. |
| 01:34:08 | S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONSIDER ANIMAL CRUELTY TO BE ONE OF THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF POTENTIAL VIOLENT YOUTH. |
| 01:34:17 | THE BOSTON STRANGELER, UNABOMBER AND TED BUNDY TORTURED ANIMALS BEFORE THEY BEGAN TO MURDER PEOPLE. |
| 01:34:26 | EVERYONE AGREES THESE DISGUSTING VIDEOS MUST BE STOPPED. |
| 01:34:30 | MY FIRST BILL PASSED THE HOUSE IN 1999 WITH A BIPARTISAN VOTE OF 372-42 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT IN THE SENATE AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY THEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. |
| 01:34:43 | THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR THAT THE 1999 LAW WAS TOO BROAD BUT INDICATED IT MAY UPHOLD A LAW THAT IS MORE NARROWLY DRAFTED. |
| 01:34:54 | IN RESPONSE TO THE COURT'S DECISION, I ALONG WITH MY GOOD FRIEND, GARY PETERS INTRODUCED H. |
| 01:35:03 | R. 1556, THE PREVENTION OF ANNUAL CRUSH VIDEOS ACT OF 2010. |
| 01:35:09 | BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERTS AT THE MAY 26 CRIME SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING, I WORKED WITH MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO CRAFT THE LEGISLATION THAT IS NARROWLY FOCUSED ON PROHIBITING CRUSH VIDEOS RATHER THAN PROPER HIBTING DEPICTION OF ANIMAL CRUELTY. |
| 01:35:29 | AFTER THE 1999 BILL BECAME LAW, THE CRUSH VIDEO BUSINESS VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARED. |
| 01:35:35 | IT HAS RECENTLY RE-EMERGED IN THE LIGHT OF THE COURT RULING. |
| 01:35:40 | QUICK PASSAGE OF H. |
| 01:35:44 | R. 5566 WILL ONCE AGAIN STOP THIS -- THESE VIOLATING VIDEOS, REVOLTING VIDEOS THAT DEPICT THE TORTURE OF ANIMALS AND KILLING OF DEFENSELESS ANIMALS. |
| 01:35:55 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORT OF H. |
| 01:35:59 | R. 15 -- 5566 ANDRY SERVE. |
| 01:36:04 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:36:08 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:36:09 | MR. |
| 01:36:10 | SCOTT: I YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN, MR. |
| 01:36:11 | PETERS, WHO HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD ON THIS LEGISLATION. |
| 01:36:15 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:36:23 | . MR. |
| 01:36:24 | PETERS: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS SORT OF THING EVEN CHISTS AND A NEW LAW IS NEEDED TO PREVENT IT. |
| 01:36:31 | ANIMAL TORTURE IS OUTRAGEOUSLY DISTURBING AND COMMON DECENCY AND MORALITY DICTATES THAT THOSE DOING IT SHOULD NOT BE PROFITING FROM IT. |
| 01:36:45 | THAT'S WHY I WORKED WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO INTRODUCE, THE PREVENTION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS ACT OF 2010. |
| 01:36:55 | THIS WILL PREVENT VIDEOS OF SMALL ANIMALS WILLING TORTURED AND SLOWLY CRUSHED TO DEATH AND OTHER ANIMAL TORTURE. |
| 01:37:06 | WE RESPOND TO A RECENT HOLDING THAT A 1999 STATUTE BANNING CRUSH VIDEOS WAS OVERBROAD AND INVALID UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. |
| 01:37:17 | H. |
| 01:37:19 | R. 5566 CAREFULLY PARSES AND RESPONDS TO THE STEPHENS DECISION AND IS WRITTEN TO SURVIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF JUDICIAL REVIEW IF CHALLENGED AFTER ENACTMENT. |
| 01:37:28 | I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF MY COLLEAGUES, REPRESENTATIVES GALLEGLY, MORAN, AND BLUMENAUER, ON ANIMAL ISSUES GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ISSUE. |
| 01:37:42 | AS CO-CHAIRS OF THE AN MA PRO-- ANIMAL PROTECTION CAUCUS OF COURSE WHICH I'M A MEMBER, REPRESENTATIVES MORAN AND GALLEGLY ARE COMMITTED TO COMMON SENSE ANIMAL PROTECTION. |
| 01:37:53 | I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THEIR HELP THROUGHOUT THE DRAFTING PROCESS AND THEIR TIRELESS PROTECTION EFFORTS. |
| 01:38:04 | I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN CONYERS, MR. |
| 01:38:06 | SCOTT AND THEIR COMMITMENT FOR ADVANCING THIS NECESSARY COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION. |
| 01:38:11 | I URGE ITS PASSAGE. |
| 01:38:12 | I YIELD BACK MY TIME. |
| 01:38:16 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:38:25 | >> I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SPEAKER. |
| 01:38:29 | >> I WILL RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:38:33 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 01:38:35 | MR. |
| 01:38:36 | SCOTT: I RECOGNIZE THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO, MS. |
| 01:38:37 | SUTTON. |
| 01:38:39 | MS. |
| 01:38:40 | SUTTON: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS TIME AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. |
| 01:38:44 | I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT AND AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THE PREVENTION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEO ARES ACT AND I THANK MR. |
| 01:38:52 | GALLEGLY AND MR. |
| 01:38:53 | PETERS AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN DEALING WITH THIS HORRIFIC, HER RISK PROBLEM. |
| 01:39:01 | THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION OVERTURNED 10 YEARS OF FEDERAL LAW THAT OUTLAWED ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS. |
| 01:39:06 | THEY SAID THAT THE 1999 LAW WAS OVER-BROAD AND THE SUPREME COURT ALSO LEFT OPEN AN AVENUE FOR A MORE TARGETED LAW. |
| 01:39:15 | SO TODAY WE MAKE IT CLEAR, AGAIN, THAT THE INTENTIONAL CRUSHING, BURNING, DROWNING, SUFFOCATING, AND IMPALING OF ANIMALS FOR PROFIT IS BEYOND SICK AND IT MUST BE STOPPED. |
| 01:39:31 | TODAY, WITH THIS NARROWLY TAILORED MEASURE, WE WILL END THE TRADE OF CRUSH VIDEOS, VIDEOS WHERE ANIMALS ARE TORTURED FOR PROFIT. |
| 01:39:39 | ANIMAL ABUSE AND PROFITING FROM THESE ACTIONS ARE BEYOND WRONG. |
| 01:39:43 | IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES TO CRACK DOWN AND END THE TRADE IN CRUSH VIDEOS AND I URGE A YES ON THE PREVENTION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS ACT TO END THIS UNCONSCIONABLE PRACTICE AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:40:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:40:05 | MR. |
| 01:40:06 | GALLEGLY: I CONTINUE TO RESERVE. |
| 01:40:09 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. |
| 01:40:11 | MR. |
| 01:40:12 | SCOTT: I YIELD SUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM OREGON, MR. |
| 01:40:16 | BLUMENAUER. |
| 01:40:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:40:20 | MR. |
| 01:40:21 | BLUMENAUER: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 01:40:23 | SPEAKER. |
| 01:40:24 | I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN'S COURTESY IN PERMITTING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS AS I APPRECIATE HIS HARD WORK WITH THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, MY FRIEND, MR. |
| 01:40:33 | GALLEGLY FROM CALIFORNIA, THIS IS AN AREA, MR. |
| 01:40:36 | SPEAKER, THAT I PERSONALLY THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, I SUPPORTED THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, I FOUND IT HORRIFIC THAT WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE PROFITING FROM THE MOST OBSCENE DISPLAYS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. |
| 01:40:56 | I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENTS THAT WERE MADE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. |
| 01:40:59 | BUT I THINK THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CRAFT IT MORE NARROWLY AND I THINK THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN DOING SO. |
| 01:41:09 | I AM PLEASED THIS WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE CONGRESS HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO ACT QUICKLY IN AN AREA THAT'S IMPORTANT TO AVOID DEMEANING US ALL. |
| 01:41:21 | MR. |
| 01:41:22 | SPEAKER, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST SORT OF AN ESO TERIC ISSUE. |
| 01:41:32 | -- ESOTERIC ISSUE. |
| 01:41:34 | THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WHETHER OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE LIVABLE, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN RELATE POSITIVELY TO ONE ANOTHER. |
| 01:41:44 | THERE IS STUDY AFTER STUDY THAT DOCUMENTS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ABUSIVE TO ANIMALS ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE AIN BUSIVE TO THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. |
| 01:41:53 | IT IS A BROAD, FAR-REACHING PROBLEM WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES STILL, HAVING WORKED WITH THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAST ON ISSUES THAT RELATE TO ANIMAL FIGHTING, THERE IS A DARK SUBCULTURE HERE WITH PEOPLE WHO GET SATISFACTION, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL, OUT OF SEEING ANIMALS SUFFER. |
| 01:42:17 | IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RESPOND QUICKLY, TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE GAP. |
| 01:42:26 | I DON'T THINK ANYBODY BENEFITS FROM THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY OTHER THAN PEOPLE WHO PROFIT FROM IT AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN SADOMASOCHISTIC SATISFACTION. |
| 01:42:36 | I APPRECIATE WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE TO MEET THE COURT'S FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS AND STILL SPEAK TO MAKING SURE THERE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THESE ACTIVITIES AND PROFITING FROM IT. |
| 01:42:51 | AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE INTERNET. |
| 01:43:00 | BUT AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORIGINAL BAN, THEY ESSENTIALLY DISAPPEARED. |
| 01:43:06 | NOW, AFTER THE SUPREME COURT DECISION, WE'VE SEEN A RESURGENCE, ONE THAT IS NOT IN ANYBODY'S INTEREST. |
| 01:43:12 | I HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE WITH DISPATCH, PASSING THIS TODAY AND MOVING ON TO THE SENATE, TO BE ABLE TO ENACT THIS AND HAVE ONE SIGNIFICANT, DISCREET AREA OF PROGRESS WE CAN ALL TAKE TRIED IN. |
| 01:43:28 | THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:43:29 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK HIS TIME. |
| 01:43:31 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:43:35 | MR. GALLEGLY: CAN I ASK, YOU HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS? |
| 01:43:39 | MR. |
| 01:43:40 | SCOTT: WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. |
| 01:43:41 | I'LL JUST MAKE A BRIEF CLOSING STATEMENT. |
| 01:43:44 | MR. |
| 01:43:46 | GALLEGLY: WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN PASSING THIS BILL AND WOULD YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:43:55 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS. |
| 01:43:56 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS -- FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:44:00 | MR. |
| 01:44:01 | SCOTT: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 01:44:02 | SPEAKER. |
| 01:44:03 | I THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND WORKED HARD ON THIS BILL TO GET IT IN A FORM WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL PASS CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER. |
| 01:44:10 | ANY TIME YOU DEAL BE A SUBJECT LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE LAST BILL DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT. |
| 01:44:16 | WE BELIEVE, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY WE HAVE HAD TODAY AND THE TESTIMONY IN THE HEARING THAT THIS BILL WILL. |
| 01:44:25 | -- WILL SURVIVE CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER AND DEAL WITH THE TRASH THAT'S BEEN PROFITED ON. |
| 01:44:31 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE BILL AND YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:44:37 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 01:44:39 | THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:44:43 | R. 5566 AS AMENDED? |
| 01:44:47 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 01:44:48 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 01:44:49 | IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED. |
| 01:44:55 | MR. |
| 01:44:56 | GALLEGLY: I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS. |
| 01:44:59 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. |
| 01:45:01 | THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL COUNTED. |
| 01:45:06 | A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING RISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED. |
| 01:45:09 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20 AND THE CHAIR'S PRIOR ANNOUNCEMENT, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED. |
| 01:45:17 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA SEEK RECOGNITION? |
| 01:45:22 | MR. |
| 01:45:23 | SCOTT: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS SENATE BILL 1749 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:45:27 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. |
| 01:45:30 | THE CLERK: SENATE 1749, AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OR USE OF CELL PHONES OR SIMILAR WIRELESS DEVICES BY FEDERAL PRISONERS. |
| 01:45:42 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 01:45:45 | SCOTT AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 01:45:46 | POE, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 01:45:48 | THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 01:45:51 | MR. |
| 01:45:52 | SCOTT: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. |
| 01:46:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:46:02 | MR. |
| 01:46:03 | SCOTT: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:46:04 | THE CELL PHONE CONTRABAND ACT OF 2010 WILL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF CELL PHONES BEING SMUGGLED INTO PRISONS BY VISITORS AND PRISON GUARDS. |
| 01:46:13 | CELL PHONE ACCESSIBILITY HAS FACILITATED OFFENDERS COMMITTING CRIMES WITH THE USE OF CELL PHONES. |
| 01:46:21 | GANGS HAVE BECOME MORE ORGANIZED BECAUSE MEMBERS IN PRISON HAVE CELL PHONE ACCESS. |
| 01:46:27 | S. |
| 01:46:28 | 1749 AMENDS FEDERAL LAW TO MAKE CELL PHONES AND SIMILAR DEVICES CONTRABAND THAT FEDERAL PRISONERS ARE PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING. |
| 01:46:39 | SOME SAY CELL PHONE SMUGGLING IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HIGH COST OF CALLING FAMILIES. |
| 01:46:56 | PHONE COMPANIES CHARGE MUCH MORE FOR CALLS MADE FROM PRISON THAN OUTSIDE OF PRISON. |
| 01:47:04 | ONE COLLECT CALL MADE FROM SAN QUINTIN PRISON TO OAKLAND, BOTH IN CALIFORNIA, WOULD COST $5, WHEREAS THE SAME CALL MADE FROM OUTSIDE THE PRISON WOULD BE $2. |
| 01:47:19 | 55. IT WOULD EVEN BE CHEAPER IF A RELIABLE WAY FOR INMATES TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN CALLS. |
| 01:47:26 | S. |
| 01:47:27 | 1749 REQUIRES THE G. |
| 01:47:30 | A.O. TO STUDY THE EXORBITANT RATES AS A FIRST STEP TO BRINGING THOSE COSTS DOWN TO REASONABLE LEVELS SO INMATES AND FAMILIES HAVE AN EASIER TIME STAYING IN TOUCH. |
| 01:47:45 | ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW PRISONERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO CELL PHONES WHILE INCARCERATED, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TELEPHONE SERVICE ARE AT REASONABLE RATES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN TIES WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. |
| 01:47:58 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:48:04 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. |
| 01:48:06 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:48:08 | MR. |
| 01:48:09 | POE: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:48:12 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:48:14 | MR. POE: THE USE OF ILLEGAL CELL PHONES BY PRISONERS IS ON THE RISE. |
| 01:48:18 | IN CALIFORNIA, NEWS STORIES REPORT THAT THE NUMBER OF CELL PHONES CONFISCATED IN PRISONS DOUBLED FROM 2007 TO 2008. |
| 01:48:25 | IN 2008, OVER 2,800 CELL PHONES WERE FOUND IN CALIFORNIA, BUT MORE THAN 2,800 ARE FOUND JUST IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2009. |
| 01:48:34 | THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOUND MORE THAN 3,000 CELL PHONES IN 2009. |
| 01:48:40 | IN FACT, THERE WERE MORE CELL PHONES THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF CONTRABAND FOUND IN ALL OF ALABAMA PRISONS. |
| 01:48:47 | OTHER STATE PRISON SYSTEMS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CONTRABAND CELL PHONES. |
| 01:48:53 | AS A RESULT, MANY STATES ARE CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS PRISONERS FROM POSSESSING CELL PHONES IN STATE PRISONS. |
| 01:49:01 | S. |
| 01:49:03 | 1749 TAKES A STEP IN THE SAME DIRECTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. |
| 01:49:06 | S. |
| 01:49:08 | 1749, THE CELL PHONE CONTRABAND ACT OF 2010 DOES TWO THINGS. |
| 01:49:11 | FIRST IT MAKES IT A CRIME FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS TO POSSESS CELL PHONES. |
| 01:49:15 | SECOND IT DIRECTS THE G. |
| 01:49:16 | A.O. TO STUDY THE COST AND USE OF LANDLINES AND SMUGGLED CELL PHONES IN FEDERAL AND SELECTED STATE PRISONS AND JAILS. |
| 01:49:23 | THE LEGISLATION IS TIMELY, INMATES USE SMUGGLED CELL PHONES TO COORDINATE DRUG DEALS ON THE OUTSIDE. |
| 01:49:31 | ALSO GANG VIOLENCE AND OTHER KIMES. |
| 01:49:34 | ALL COMMITTED OUTSIDE THE PRISON BY USE OF SMUGGLED CELL PHONES TO COORDINATE THIS ACTIVITY THAT ARE USED IN THE PRISON SYSTEM. |
| 01:49:41 | LAST YEAR, AN INMATE IN MARYLAND WAS ACCUSED OF USING A CELL PHONE TO ARRANGE THE MURDER OF A WITNESS WHO HAD TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM AT TRIAL. |
| 01:49:48 | IN 2008 A CONDEMNED MURDERER ON DEATH ROW IN MY HOME STATE OF TEXAS USED A SMUGGLED CELL PHONE TO THREATEN A STATE SENATOR THAT STATE SENATOR HAPPENED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE IN THE STATE SENATE. |
| 01:50:02 | SINCE THAT TIME, AT LEAST NINE DEATH ROW INMATES IN TEXAS WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND CELL PHONES. |
| 01:50:09 | I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK INMATES SHOULD HAVE SUCH OPEN ACCESS TO CELL PHONES AT ALL IN STATE PRISONS. |
| 01:50:18 | TO GET MORE DATA ON THIS ISSUE, S. |
| 01:50:21 | 1749 DIRECTS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE TO STUDY THE COSTS AND REVENUES ASSOCIATE TWHED OPERATION OF LAND LINE TELEPHONES IN THE PRISON SYSTEM. |
| 01:50:30 | THE STUDY WILL EXAMINE SELECT STATE AND FEDERAL EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE SMUGGLING OF CELL PHONES AND OTHER WIRELESS DEVICE INTO PRISONS, INCLUDING EFFORTS MADE TO MINIMIZE TRAFFICKING OF CELL PHONES BY PRISON GUARDS WHO ARE THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF GETTING CELL PHONES IN THE PENITENTIARY AND ALSO OTHER OFFICIALS. |
| 01:50:48 | NEWS STORIES REPORT THAT PRISON GUARDS ARE A MAJOR MEANS THROUGH WHICH CELL FOBES ARE SMUGGLED INTO PRISONS AND PRISONERS PAY ANYWHERE FROM $3 00 FOR A NORMAL CELL PHONE AND UP TO $1,000 FOR A SMART PHONE. |
| 01:51:03 | A PRISON GUARD IN CALIFORNIA MADE $100,000 JUST DEALING IN CELL PHONES IN THE PENITENTIARY. |
| 01:51:09 | IT'S MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION THAT G. |
| 01:51:11 | A.O. STUDY WILL HELP CONGRESS AND THE STATES IN THE EFFORT TO COMBAT THE SMUGGLING OF CELL PHONES INTO THE PENITENTIARIES. |
| 01:51:19 | I SUPPORT S. |
| 01:51:20 | 1749. I'M ALSO A CO-SPONSOR OF ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATION DEALING WITH THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, H. |
| 01:51:26 | R. 560, THE SAFE PRISONS COMMUNICATION ACT OF 2009. |
| 01:51:30 | THIS WAS INTRODUCED BY MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, AREA, KEVIN BRADY. |
| 01:51:36 | THIS WOULD ALLOW STATE BUREAU OF PRISONS TO REQUEST THE F. |
| 01:51:46 | C.C. PERMIT THEM TO USE MEANS TO JAM CELL PHONES WITHIN THE PRISON BOUNDARY. |
| 01:51:53 | PRISONERS WOULD THEN HAVE NO NEED TO USE A CELL PHONE. |
| 01:51:56 | I BELIEVE ALONG WITH THIS, WE SHOULD LOOK AT MR. |
| 01:52:01 | BRADY'S BILL AS A WAY TO PREVENT USE OF CELL PHONES IN PENITENTIARIES. |
| 01:52:04 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT S. |
| 01:52:08 | 1749 AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:52:20 | . MR. |
| 01:52:21 | SCOTT: I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:52:24 | MR. POE: I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:52:25 | MR. SCOTT: I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AND YIELD BACK. |
| 01:52:29 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:52:32 | THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS SENATE 1749 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:52:38 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 01:52:40 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 01:52:51 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA SEEK RECOGNITION? |
| 01:52:54 | MR. |
| 01:52:55 | SCOTT: I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 01:52:58 | R. 1469 AS AMENDED. |
| 01:53:01 | THE CLERK: H. |
| 01:53:02 | R. 1469, A BILL TO AMEND THE NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993 TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. |
| 01:53:10 | PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 01:53:13 | SCOTT AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 01:53:15 | POE, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 01:53:17 | MR. |
| 01:53:19 | SCOTT: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION AND I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:53:30 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:53:32 | MR. |
| 01:53:33 | SCOTT: H.R. 1469, THE CHILD PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2009 WILL PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM. |
| 01:53:41 | PASS ND 2003 AS PART OF THE PROTECT ACT, THE NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM ASSISTS ORGANIZATIONS IN CHECKING CRIMINALS' RECORDS OF VOLUNTEERS BEFORE PLACING THEM ASMENTORS WITH CHILDREN. |
| 01:53:52 | EVERY YEAR, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GENEROUSLY GIVE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO VOLUNTEER FOR CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. |
| 01:54:00 | MOST OF THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE INTERESTED IN BEING GOOD ROLE MODELS TO CHILDREN, IT IS IMPORTANT WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO SEEK TO DO HARM. |
| 01:54:09 | THE NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM HAS ENABLED YITHE SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL FINGERPRINT BASE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM SINCE 2003. |
| 01:54:23 | BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE DATA IN THE F. |
| 01:54:29 | B.I.'S DATA BASE RATHER THAN THE IN-STATE BACKGROUND CHECKS, IT WOULD PROHIBIT SEX OFFENDERS ACCESS TO CHILDREN THROUGH MENTORING PROGRAMS. |
| 01:54:42 | 6% OF CHECKS HAVE COME BACK SHOWING SERIOUS CRIMINAL RECORDS. |
| 01:54:47 | IN A STUDY OF THE PILOT PROGRAM IT WAS FOUND 41% OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL HISTORY HAD COMMITTED AN OFFENSE IN A STATE OTHER THAN ONE WHICH THEY WERE APPLYING TO BE A VOLUNTEER. |
| 01:55:00 | A STATE-BASED SEARCH WOULD NOT PROVIDE A COMPLETE PICTURE. |
| 01:55:03 | OVER 50% OF THE INDIVIDUALS FOUND TO TO HAVE HAD CRIMINAL HISTORY HAD FALSELY INDICATED ON THEIR APPLICATION FORM THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY EVEN WHEN THE VOLUNTEERS KNEW IMINAL HISTORY EVEN WHEN THE VOLUNTEERS KNEW THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK WAS GOING TO BE PERFORMED. |
| 01:55:21 | THIS IS A NONCONTROVERSIAL FEE-BASED PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVIDED INVALUABLE INFORMATION TO MENTORING ORGANIZATIONS AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS. |
| 01:55:28 | IT MAKES SENSE NOW TO MAKE THE PROGRAM PERMANENT. |
| 01:55:32 | I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. |
| 01:55:33 | SCHIFF, FOR HIS HARD WORK ON THIS BILL AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. |
| 01:55:39 | AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:55:41 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:55:44 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:55:46 | MR. |
| 01:55:47 | POE: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 01:55:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:55:50 | MR. |
| 01:55:51 | POE: CHILDREN ARE OUR GREATEST RESOURCE IN THIS COUNTRY. |
| 01:55:53 | AS CITIZENS AND LEGISLATEORS, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, IT'S OUR JOB TO KEEP THEM SAFE, BEING VIGILANT AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO DO THEM HARING VIGILANT AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO DO THEM HARM. |
| 01:56:05 | THE CHILD PROTECTION IMPROVEMENT ACT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS ENSURING OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT HARMED BY THOSE THAT THEY ARE TOLD TO TRUST. |
| 01:56:12 | SPECIFICALLY, THIS BILL EXTENDS THE CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH CHILDREN. |
| 01:56:20 | THE BILL ALSO CREATES A MECHANISM TO REPLACE THE PILOT PROGRAM WITH A PERMANENT BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM THAT WILL ENROLL ANY ORGANIZATION USING THE CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM. |
| 01:56:33 | THIS WAS CREATED IN 2003 UNDER THE PROTECT ACT. |
| 01:56:37 | THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN A PROVEN AND EFFECTIVE RESOURCE FOR PROTECTING AMERICA'S CHILDREN. |
| 01:56:43 | OF OF ALMOST 90,000 BACKGROUND CHECKS PERFORMED THROUGH THE PILOT PROGRAM, 6% OF VOLUNTEER APPLICANTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY OF SOME CONCERN. |
| 01:56:53 | THESE INCLUDED SERIOUS OFFENSES SUCH AS SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS, ASSAULT, CHILD CRUELTY, DRUG OFFENSES AND EVEN HOMICIDE. |
| 01:57:02 | SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM, OVER 42% OF THOSE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES HAD CONVICTIONS IN A STATE OTHER THAN THE STATE IN WHICH THEY WERE APPLYING TO VOLUNTEER. |
| 01:57:14 | IF THE VOLUNTEER GROUP HAD PERFORMED A SEARCH OF STATE RECORDS MANY RELEVANT CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED. |
| 01:57:23 | ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL DATA BASE IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURING THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS OF THE DURING A STUDY OF OVER 1,600 APPLICANTS, EVEN THOUGH VOLUNTEERS KNEW THEY WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO A BACK GROUND CHECK, 50% OR MORE LIED ON THEIR POLITICSES ABOUT HAVING A CRIMINAL HISTORY AND DID HAVE A RECORD THAT CONTAINED OFFENSES. |
| 01:57:47 | OF THE APPLICANTS WITH CRIMINAL RECORD, 23% HAD A DIFFERENT NAME REFLECT ODD THEIR RECORD THAN THE ONE UZBEKISTANNED WHEN THEY HAD TO VOLUNTEER. |
| 01:57:56 | THROUGH THE PILOT PROGRAM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE YOUTH-FOCUSED CARE MAY REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS FROM THE F. |
| 01:58:06 | B.I. ON APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEE POSITIONS THAT ENTAIL WORKING WITH CHILDREN. |
| 01:58:10 | THE BILL STANDS ON THE PILOT PROGRAM AND ALLOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER SCREEN VOLUNTEERS OR EMPLOYEES. |
| 01:58:21 | CHILD-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE SAFE LEARNING AND GROWING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR CHILDREN. |
| 01:58:27 | THAT MEANS HIRING PROFESSIONAL AND RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEES WITHOUT H. |
| 01:58:31 | R. 1469 PROV WITHOUT A CRIMINAL HISTORY. |
| 01:58:34 | H.R. 1469 PROVIDES A PERMANENT PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THESE GROUPS DO JUST THAT. |
| 01:58:37 | H.R. 1469 IS SUPPORTED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA, THE YMCA, SALVATION ARMY, BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA AND VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA AS WELL AS OTHER IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS. |
| 01:58:52 | MANY MEMBERS OF THIS BODY ARE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS FIRST AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SECOND AND THIS LEGISLATION IS CRITICAL TO KEEPING AMERICA'S CHILDREN SAFE FROM PREDATORS AND OTHER CRIMINALS. |
| 01:59:02 | IF ONE LESS CHILD BECOMES A VICTIM OF CRIME BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM THEN WE HAVE SUCCEEDED. |
| 01:59:07 | WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE ARE ABLE TO FIND OUT THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF INDIVIDUALS, THIS ACT WILL ALLOW US TO DO SO. |
| 01:59:16 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN IN SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. |
| 01:59:21 | I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:59:23 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:59:26 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:59:28 | MR. |
| 01:59:29 | SCOTT: MR. SPEAKER, I URGE -- I YIELD SUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, FORMER PROSECUTOR AND THE SPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION, MR. |
| 01:59:37 | SCHIFF. |
| 01:59:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:59:40 | MR. |
| 01:59:41 | SCHIFF: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING AND I THANK CHAIRMAN SCOTT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. |
| 01:59:45 | MR. |
| 01:59:46 | SPEAKER, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H. |
| 01:59:48 | R. 1469 THE CHILD PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS ACT. |
| 01:59:53 | I FIRST INTRODUCED THIS LEGISLATION IN 2007 WITH CONGRESSMAN MIKE ROGERS OF MICHIGAN. |
| 01:59:59 | IT WOULD ENSURE THAT ANY MENTORING ORGANIZATION OR CHILD-SERVING NONPROFIT WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A BACKGROUND CHECK OF A POTENTIAL VOLUNTEER. |
| 02:00:09 | ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO, I BEGAN AS A VOLUNTEER WITH BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS. |
| 02:00:17 | BIG BROTHERS PAIRED ME WITH A YOUNG MAN NAMED DAVID AND I HAVE LEARNED AS MUCH FROM DAVID AS HE EVER LEARNED FROM ME. |
| 02:00:24 | THE EXPERIENCE ALSO HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE HUGE AMOUNT OF TRUST WE PUT IN VOLUNTEERS AT ORGANIZATIONS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. |
| 02:00:33 | IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, THE TRUST IS WELL PLACED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. |
| 02:00:39 | FOR THAT REASON, IN 2003, CONGRESS CREATED THE CHILD SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ALLOWING YOUTH-SERVING NONPROFITS TO ALLOW BACKGROUND CHECKS. |
| 02:00:53 | IF THEY OBTAIN A CRIMINAL HISTORY, F. |
| 02:00:56 | B.I. SEARCH IS THE GOLD STANDARD BACKGROUND CHECK AS IT CANNOT BE ABATED BY USING A FAKE NAME AND WILL FIND CONVICTIONS FROM EVERY STATE. |
| 02:01:05 | I BELIEVE THE GOLD STANDARD IS WHAT WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING CHILDREN WHO ARE PUT IN POTENTIALLY A PUT IN POTENTIALLY A VULNERABLE SITUATION. |
| 02:01:13 | SINCE 2003, ALMOST 90,000 BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED THROUGH THE PILOT. |
| 02:01:19 | IN 94% OF THE CASES, THE BACKGROUND CHECK RETURNS NO SERIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY. |
| 02:01:26 | HOWEVER, IN 6% OF THE CASES, A RECORD OF SOME KIND WAS FOUND. |
| 02:01:31 | IN SOME CASES, AN EXTENSIVE RECORD, WHICH THE APPLICANT ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL. |
| 02:01:35 | IN 23% OF THE CASES, THOSE CASES, THE APPLICANT GAVE A NAME OTHER THAN THE ONE IN THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY. |
| 02:01:43 | APPLICANTS WERE FOUND WITH CONVICTIONS FOR EVERYTHING FROM MURDER TO CHILD ABUSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT AND FREQUENTLY THOSE CONVICTIONS WERE FROM OUT OF STATE SO THAT ONLY AN F. |
| 02:01:53 | B.I. BACKGROUND CHECK WOULD HAVE FOUND THEM. |
| 02:01:55 | WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR NONPROFITS WORKING WITH CHILDREN CAN BE CONDUCTED QUICKLY, AFFORDBLY AND ACCURATELY. |
| 02:02:04 | THREE TIMES SINCE 2003, CONGRESS HAS ACTED TO EXTEND THE PILOT SO THAT THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DON'T LOSE ACCESS TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THEIR VOLUNTEERS. |
| 02:02:14 | IT'S TIME TO CREATE A PERMANENT SYSTEM, ONE THAT WILL PROTECT CHILDREN WHILE ENSURING THE PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ALL VOLUNTEERS. |
| 02:02:24 | I THANK CHAIRMAN CONYERS, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS, CHAIRMAN SCOTT, MY COLLEAGUE, MIKE ROGERS AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS AND URGE THE MEMBERS TO VOTE YES. |
| 02:02:36 | THANK YOU, MR. |
| 02:02:37 | SPEAKER. AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 02:02:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA YIELDS BACK. |
| 02:02:41 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 02:02:43 | MR. |
| 02:02:44 | SCOTT: WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, IF THE GENTLEMAN IS PREPARED TO YIELD BACK. |
| 02:02:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 02:02:51 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 02:02:53 | MR. |
| 02:02:54 | POE: PREPARED TO CLOSE. I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN SCOTT AND CHAIRMAN CONYERS AND ALSO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. |
| 02:03:01 | SCHIFF, FOR SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION AND I WANT TO THANK MR. |
| 02:03:03 | SCHIFF FOR NOT JUST THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND HIS RELENTLESS EFFORT AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GREATEST RESOURCE IN OUR COUNTRY, CHILDREN, ARE PROTECTED FROM CHILD PREDATORS. |
| 02:03:18 | AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 02:03:19 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 02:03:23 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 02:03:24 | MR. |
| 02:03:25 | SCOTT: I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 02:03:26 | I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. |
| 02:03:29 | I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE BILL AND YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 02:03:32 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 02:03:35 | THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. |
| 02:03:39 | R. 1469 AS AMENDED. |
| 02:03:41 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 02:03:42 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE -- THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 02:03:47 | MR. |
| 02:03:49 | SCOTT: I ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. |
| 02:03:50 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: DOES THE GENTLEMAN ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS? |
| 02:03:54 | THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. |
| 02:03:56 | ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL COUNTED. |
| 02:04:02 | YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED. |
| 02:04:03 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE RULE 8 OF RULE 20. |
| 02:04:08 | FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED. |
| 02:04:27 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA RISE? |
| 02:04:32 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE? |
| 02:04:34 | MR. |
| 02:04:35 | POE: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT TODAY FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS AND ANY SPECIAL ORDERS HERETOFORE ENTERED INTO, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS MAY BE PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THIS HOUSE, REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL, MR. |
| 02:04:49 | MORAN FOR JULY 27. |
| 02:04:50 | MS. |
| 02:04:51 | MILLER FOR TODAY. MR. |
| 02:04:53 | WOLF FOR JULY 22 AND 23. |
| 02:04:55 | MR. JONES FOR JULY 27. |
| 02:04:56 | AND DR. GINGREY FOR TODAY. |
| 02:04:58 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 02:05:01 | SO ORDERED. |
| 02:05:02 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA RISE? |
| 02:05:04 | MR. |
| 02:05:06 | SCOTT: MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT TODAY FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS AND ANY SPECIAL ORDERS HERETOFORE ENTERED INTO, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS MAY BE PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR FIVE MINUTES, REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. |
| 02:05:21 | MR. BRIGHT, MS. WOOLSEY, MR. |
| 02:05:24 | MALONEY, MS. |
| 02:05:25 | KAPTUR, MR. |
| 02:05:27 | DEFAZIO. |
| 02:05:28 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. |
| 02:05:32 | UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009 AND UNDER A PREVIOUS ORDER OF THE HOUSE. |
| 02:05:38 | , THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES EACH. |
| 02:05:42 | MORAN, MR. |
| 02:05:43 | BRIGHT, MR. |
| 02:05:47 | POE OF TEXAS. |
| 02:05:48 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE? |
| 02:05:50 | MR. POE: REQUEST PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR FIVE MINUTES AND REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 02:05:55 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. |
| 02:05:58 | MR. POE: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 02:05:59 | SPEAKER. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SUING ARIZONA FOR ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS. |
| 02:06:05 | OTHER STATES AND COUNTIES ALREADY HAVE ENFORCEMENT LAWS LIKE ARIZONA'S. |
| 02:06:10 | PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN VIRGINIA HAS LAWS IDENTICAL TO THE ARIZONA 1070. |
| 02:06:16 | POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO CHECK LEGAL STATUS AT ANY TIME. |
| 02:06:20 | POLICE ARE REQUIRED TO CHECK IMMIGRATION STATUS IF ANYONE IS ARRESTED FOR ANYTHING, INCLUDING D. |
| 02:06:28 | U.I. OR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS. |
| 02:06:29 | ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN, THERE HAS BEEN A 37% DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW. |
| 02:06:39 | OVERALL CRIME IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IS AT A 15-YEAR LOW. |
| 02:06:46 | CRIMINAL ALIENS HAVE FLED THAT PART OF VIRGINIA AND GONE SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE THE LAWS ARE NOT ENFORCED. |
| 02:06:52 | AND STEWART SAYS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE CLAIM OF RACIAL PROFILING. |
| 02:06:57 | ALSO, THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ENFORCES FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW BY EXECUTIVE ORDER. |
| 02:07:03 | LIKE THE SANCTUARY CITIES ONLY IN REVERSE. |
| 02:07:06 | THE GOVERNOR SAID HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MUST ENFORCE THIS FEDERAL LAW. |
| 02:07:11 | THERE ARE MORE STATES THAT FOLLOW SUIT. |
| 02:07:14 | IN MISSOURI, IF POLICE WANT TO SEE YOUR I. |
| 02:07:16 | D. PAPERS TO PROVE LEGAL STATUS, THEY ARE FREE TO ASK. |
| 02:07:21 | SANK TUE AREA CITIES ARE ILLEGAL IN MISSOURI AND ENFORCE THE E-VERIFY SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYERS. |
| 02:07:27 | THAT'S THE SYSTEM SET UP BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE ALL EMPLOYERS CAN CHECK SOMEONE'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. |
| 02:07:32 | IN MISSOURI, YOU HAVE TO BE LEGAL TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THERE IS NO IN-STATE TUITION FOR ILLEGALS AT STATE JUNIOR COLLEGES. |
| 02:07:42 | WHILE THE DOUBLE STANDARD FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE SUING ARIZONA? |
| 02:07:47 | WHY ARE THE FEDS PICKING ON ARIZONA AND NOT THESE OTHER STATES? |
| 02:07:51 | ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE TWO LAWS THAT EXPRESSLY FORBID STATES FROM HAVING SANCTUARY CITIES. |
| 02:07:58 | THE LAWS ARE FOUND IN TITLE 8, SECTION 1373 AND TITLE 8 SECTION 1644 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. |
| 02:08:06 | THESE STATUTES SAY CITIES MAY NOT HAVE POLICIES THAT PROHIBIT PEACE OFFICERS FROM COMMUNICATING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT A PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. |
| 02:08:17 | BUT THERE ARE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH POLICIES BANNING THEIR POLICE FROM CALLING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REPORT EVEN CRIMINAL ILLEGALS. |
| 02:08:25 | IN SAN FRANCISCO, ONE RECENT CASE TURNED TRAGIC. |
| 02:08:29 | IN 2008, THERE WERE THREE MEMBERS OF A FAMILY THAT WERE GUNNED DOWN BY ILLEGALS. |
| 02:08:37 | RAMOS IS A MEMBER OF THE MS-13 NARCOTIC TERRORIST GANG AND HE IS ON TRIAL FOR GUNNING DOWN ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY AND THE TWO YOUNG SONS OF THIS FAMILY WERE GUNNED DOWN, MATTHEW AND MICHAEL. |
| 02:08:52 | THEY WERE ALL IN A CAR DRIVING HOME FROM A FAMILY BARBEQUE AFTER CHURCH. |
| 02:08:56 | THEY WERE NOT GANG MEMBERS BUT CITIZENS. |
| 02:09:00 | THEY WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME AND THE ACCUSED KILLER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED THREE TIMES. |
| 02:09:07 | SAN FRANCISCO POLICE KNEW HE WAS AN ILLEGAL MS-13 GANG MEMBER. |
| 02:09:12 | THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT THE CITY'S SANCTUARY POLICY WAS THE REASON THAT AUTHORITIES NEVER CALLED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 02:09:21 | I REPEAT, THE NEWSPAPER "THE "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE" REPORTED AFTER THE SHOOTING THAT THE CITY'S SANK TUE AREA POLICY WAS THE REASON THAT THE AUTHORITIES DID NOT CALL THE FEDS. |
| 02:09:33 | INSTEAD OF BEING DEPORTED AND DEPORTED, RAMOS WAS RELEASED AND KILLED A FATHER AND TWO YOUNG BROTHERS BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TOLERANCE TO CITIES. |
| 02:09:46 | THE BLOOD IS ON THE HANDS FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF CITIES. |
| 02:09:53 | TONY'S YOUNGEST SON WHO SURVIVED WAS THAT WITNESS. |
| 02:10:00 | .IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUING SAN FRANCISCO TO STOP THIS IRRESPONSIBLE ACTION? |
| 02:10:06 | NO, OF COURSE NOT. |
| 02:10:07 | INSTEAD, THEY'RE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUE THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS. |
| 02:10:13 | ARIZONA IS NOT CREATING NEW LAWS, THEY'RE ENFORCING THE FEDERAL LAW UNDER CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. |
| 02:10:19 | THE SANCTUARY CITIES POSE A GREATER DANGER TO AMERICAN CITIES BECAUSE THEY GIVE SANCTUARY TO ALL ILLEGALS. |
| 02:10:27 | THEY KEEP ALIENS FROM BEING DETAINED AND DEPORTED AND SANCTUARY CITIES IN MY OPINION OPERATE IN VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAW PROHIBITING SUCH. |
| 02:10:37 | BUT BECAUSE OF POLITICS, THE ADMINISTRATION IS SUING ARIZONA FOR UPHOLDING THE LAW AND REFUSES TO SUE SANCTUARY CITIES FOR VIOLATING THE LAW. |
| 02:10:47 | WE HEAR THE RHETORIC THAT ILLEGALS DO JOBS AMERICANS WON'T DO NOW WE HAVE AN ACTUAL SITUATION WHERE ARIZONA IS GETTING SUED FOR DOING A JOB THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WON'T DO, PROTECTING THE SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY AND ENFORCING THE LAW. |
| 02:11:02 | AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. |
| 02:11:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MS. |
| 02:11:11 | WOOLSEY OF CALIFORNIA. |
| 02:11:12 | MR. |
| 02:11:13 | JONES OF NORTH CAROLINA. |
| 02:11:15 | MRS. HALVORSON OF ILLINOIS. |
| 02:11:17 | MS. |
| 02:11:18 | ROS-LEHTINEN OF FLORIDA. |
| 02:11:19 | MRS. MALONEY OF NEW YORK. |
| 02:11:20 | MR. BURTON OF INDIANA. |
| 02:11:22 | MS. |
| 02:11:23 | KAPTUR OF OHIO. MR. |
| 02:11:24 | FLAKE OF ARIZONA. |
| 02:11:25 | MR. |
| 02:11:26 | DEFAZIO OF OREGON. |
| 02:11:31 | MRS. MILLER OF MICHIGAN. |
| 02:11:36 | MR. GINGREY OF GEORGIA. |
| 02:11:38 | UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009, THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 02:11:44 | BRADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60 INNS -- MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE MINORITY LEADER. |
| 02:11:57 | MR. BRADY: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 02:11:58 | SPEAKER. |
| 02:11:59 | AMERICA'S ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING , AND IN SPITE OF THE SPENDING AND PROMISES OUT OF WASHINGTON A LOT OF AVERAGE AMERICANS, MORE THAN 15 MILLION, ARE WONDERING WHERE ARE THE JOBS? |
| 02:12:08 | BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE. |
| 02:12:11 | THIS DEMOCRAT CONGRESS AND THIS WHITE HOUSE PROMISED A LOT TO THESE WORKERS AND TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, IF THEY WOULD JUST GIVE THEM A BLANK CHECK IF THEY COULD JUST WRITE MONEY LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW, THAT THEY, WASHINGTON, WOULD KNOW BEST HOW TO GET THIS ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. |
| 02:12:29 | UNFORTUNATELY, THE REALITY OF THE PAST 16 MONTHS SINCE THE STIMULUS BILL PASSED HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED. |
| 02:12:41 | THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LIKES TO TOUT THEY CALL THIS THE SUMMER OF RECOVERY. |
| 02:12:45 | WHAT YOU DON'T SEE THEM TOUTING IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROMISES WERE FOR THAT $862 BILLION STIMULUS, MORE THAN $1 TRILLION WHEN YOU ADD INTEREST TO IT, THE TAXPAYERS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY BACK. |
| 02:13:00 | THE REALITY IS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON, FAILED ON ALL THREE KEY PROMISES TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE ECONOMY. |
| 02:13:08 | THEY SAID, OUR FIRST PROMISE IS IF YOU PASS THIS STIMULUS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WOULD REMAIN BELOW 8%. |
| 02:13:16 | THEY SAID, NONFORM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT, MOST WORKERS, WOULD INCREASE TO $137. |
| 02:13:25 | 6 MILLION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. |
| 02:13:26 | FINALLY THEY SAID, 90% OF PAYROLL JOBS CREATED WOULD BE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. |
| 02:13:32 | WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THE REALITY. |
| 02:13:35 | IT'S BEEN 16 MONTHS. |
| 02:13:36 | A LOT OF THE STIMULUS HAS BEEN SPENT, NOT ALL BUT A LOT OF IT. |
| 02:13:39 | 16 MONTHS LATER WHAT DO WE SEE? |
| 02:13:43 | OBAMA FORECAST WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THIS POINT ALMOST 7. |
| 02:13:50 | 5%. TODAY IT'S ACTUALLY 9. |
| 02:13:53 | 5%. THAT'S A LITTLE LOWER THAN IT'S BEEN AND THE REASON IT'S LOWER, 650,000 AMERICANS LAST MONTH JUST GAVE UP. |
| 02:14:02 | GAVE UP LOOKING FOR WORK. |
| 02:14:05 | GAVE UP HOPE OF LOOKING FOR WORK. |
| 02:14:09 | UNEMPLOYMENT WENT DOWN NOT BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER BUT PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP HOPE THEY'LL GET A JOB. |
| 02:14:14 | 16 MONTHS AFTER THIS MAGICAL STIMULUS BILL WAS PASSED. |
| 02:14:17 | SO THE ACTUAL VERSUS THE FORECAST IS VERY SAD. |
| 02:14:24 | SECOND PROMISE THAT THE STIMULUS WOULD RAISE EMPLOYMENT, JOBS, IN AMERICA 137 MILLION, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. |
| 02:14:32 | RIGHT HERE. |
| 02:14:34 | STAGNANT AS CAN BE. |
| 02:14:35 | IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS AND THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE ARE -- THEY ARE SEVEN MILLION JOBS SHORT OF WHERE THEY PROMISED THEY'D BE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. |
| 02:14:46 | SEVEN MILLION JOBS SHORT. |
| 02:14:48 | THE ECONOMY HAS NEVER CREATED SEVEN MILLION JOBS IN SIX MONTHS BEFORE. |
| 02:14:54 | SHORT ON PROMISE NUMBER TWO. |
| 02:14:56 | FAILED BY A WIDE MARGIN. |
| 02:14:59 | HERE I THINK IS THE REASON. |
| 02:15:00 | I THINK THIS SUMS UP WHY THE STIMULUS FAILED, WHY SO MANY AMERICANS ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, WHY I THINK THE LAST POLL WAS 13% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THE STIMULUS HELPED THEM IN ANY WAY. |
| 02:15:16 | 90% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THIS ECONOMY IS IN BAD SHAPE AND ALMOST 3/4 DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER ANY TIME SOON. |
| 02:15:26 | SO MUCH FOR RESTORING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA'S ECONOMY. |
| 02:15:30 | THIS IS THE REAL REASON WHY. |
| 02:15:31 | PROMISE NUMBER THREE. REMEMBER, PROMISE NUMBER ONE, BELOW 8%, DIDN'T COME CLOSE. |
| 02:15:35 | PROMISE NUMBER TWO, 137 MILLION JOBS BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SEVEN MILLION SHORT. |
| 02:15:41 | THIS IS PROMISE NUMBER THREE. |
| 02:15:42 | 90% OF ALL NEW JOBS CREATED BY THE STIMULUS WOULD COME FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NOT FROM GOVERNMENT. |
| 02:15:49 | THEY WOULD COME FROM SMALL BUSINESSES BACK HOME ALONG MAIN STREET, THE SAME SMALL BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS THAT HAVE ALWAYS BROUGHT AMERICA OUT OF A STEEP RECESSION. |
| 02:16:00 | HERE'S THE ACTUALITY. |
| 02:16:01 | SINCE THE STIMULUS PASSED 16 MONTHS AGO, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MONEY SPENT AND WASTED IN AMERICA. |
| 02:16:10 | GUESS WHAT'S HAPPENED? |
| 02:16:11 | THE ONLY SECTOR THAT'S GROWN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 02:16:14 | FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED 400,000 GOVERNMENT WORKERS. |
| 02:16:18 | HOW ABOUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR? |
| 02:16:19 | HOW ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND EVERY STATE ACROSS AMERICA? |
| 02:16:23 | LOST ALMOST 3. |
| 02:16:25 | 3 MILLION JOBS. |
| 02:16:27 | FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS GREW. |
| 02:16:29 | STATE GOVERNMENT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BUT THEY PUMPED A LOT OF STIMULUS MONEY INTO MORE GOVERNMENT WORKERS. |
| 02:16:34 | THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE BUSINESSES THAT BRING US OUT OF THE RECESSION, LOST 3. |
| 02:16:41 | 3 MILLION JOBS. |
| 02:16:43 | THAT'S WHY THIS ECONOMY IS SO SUBPAR. |
| 02:16:46 | THAT'S WHY AMERICA IS BLESSED, WE ARE, I THINK, GENETICALLY PREDISPOSED TO BOUNCING BACK FROM TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES. |
| 02:16:53 | WE HATE TO BE IN RECESSION. |
| 02:16:55 | BUT NOT THIS TIME THIS RECESSION, UNFORTUNATELY, IS CONTINUING. |
| 02:17:00 | NOT FROM A STATISTICAL SENSE BUT FROM A JOBS SENSE. |
| 02:17:05 | IT IS 1/3 AS STRONG A RECOVERY AS THE REAGAN RECOVERY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. |
| 02:17:13 | HERE'S THE REASON WHY. |
| 02:17:14 | WASHINGTON HAS POURED ALL THIS MONEY INTO GOVERNMENT WORKERS, WASTEFUL STIMULUS SPENDING. |
| 02:17:19 | THEY EXPECT THE ECONOMY TO JUST JUMP START, AS THEY SAID. |
| 02:17:22 | IT'LL JUMP START AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE WILL GROW. |
| 02:17:27 | THE OPPOSITE HAS HAPPENED. |
| 02:17:28 | CONSUMERS HAVE FAMILIES -- CONSUMERS, FAMILIES, ARE HOLDING ON TO THEIR MONEY. |
| 02:17:34 | THEY ARE FRIGHTENED BY THE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF DEBT, THEY ARE FRIGHTENED BY $13 TRILLION OF DEBT AMERICA OWES IN PUBLICLY HELD DEBT AND BUSINESSES ARE FRIGHTENED THESE DAYS. |
| 02:17:48 | THEY'RE FRIGHTENED NOT BY WHAT IS ONE OF THE SECRETARIES OF LABOR HERE IN WASHINGTON SAID, BUSINESSES AREN'T ADDING JOBS BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO FOR THEM. |
| 02:17:59 | BUSINESSES AREN'T ADDING JOBS BECAUSE THEY'RE FRIGHTENED BY WHAT GOVERNMENT WILL DO TO THEM. |
| 02:18:04 | THEY SEE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WASHINGTON PRORKS POSALS THAT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE TAXES, INCREASE REGULATION, INCREASE THE HEALTH CARE COSTS, INCREASE THEIR ENERGY COSTS THAT BROADEN GOVERNMENT, EXPAND REGULATION IN ALMOST EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THIS ECONOMY AND THEY LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, NO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DELAY REHIRING PEOPLE WE LAID OFF, HIRING NEW ONES. |
| 02:18:34 | WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THAT CRITICAL INVESTMENT DECISION THAT EXPANSION DECISION, THE DECISION TO BUY THAT NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUNISHED BY WASHINGTON FOR ADDING JOBS. |
| 02:18:43 | WE DON'T WANT TO BE DAMAGED, PUNISHED, IF WE HIRE THAT WORKER OR BUY THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT UNCERTAINTY, UNFORTUNATELY, IS A DRAGGING IS AN ANCHOR AROUND OUR ECONOMIC RECESSION AND THAT UNCERTAINTY MEANS THAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES ARE HOLDING ON TO ALMOST $2 TRILLION. |
| 02:19:06 | OF CASH. |
| 02:19:08 | $2 TRILLION. |
| 02:19:09 | NORMALLY, ENOUGH TO, AGAIN, START BRINGING US OUT OF THIS RECESSION. |
| 02:19:14 | THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT. |
| 02:19:15 | THEY'RE FRIGHTENED BY THIS WHITE HOUSE. |
| 02:19:17 | THEY'RE FRIGHTENED BY WASHINGTON, D. |
| 02:19:20 | C. THEY LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGRESS, THESE WILD PROPOSALS, EXTREME, IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN AGENDAS. |
| 02:19:27 | THEY SAY, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY IT SAFE. |
| 02:19:32 | STAND PAT WITH OUR MONEY. |
| 02:19:33 | CONSUMERS ARE DOING IT BECAUSE OF THEIR DEBT. |
| 02:19:35 | BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE ANTIBUSINESS, ANTI-JOB, GROWTH-KILLING PROPOSALS COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, D. |
| 02:19:43 | C. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. |
| 02:19:46 | ECONOMISTS REFER TO THIS PHENOMENA AS REGIME UNCERTAINTY. |
| 02:19:52 | WHAT I WOULD CALL IT IS RATIONAL EXPECTATION. |
| 02:19:55 | FAMILIES KNOW AMERICA IS SO DEEP IN DEBT, SOMEONE HAS TO PAY IT BACK. |
| 02:19:59 | YOU CAN'T TAX THE WEALTHY JUST TO PAY THAT BACK. |
| 02:20:02 | YOU COULD DOUBLE -- -- DOUBLERN'S TABBLINGSES IN AMERICA THIS YEAR AND WE'D STILL RUN A DEFICIT. |
| 02:20:09 | YOU CAN'T TAX YOUR WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM. |
| 02:20:12 | BUT BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES WORRY THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. |
| 02:20:16 | MIDDLE CLASS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WILL END UP SHOULDERING A BIGGER AND BIGGER BURDEN. |
| 02:20:21 | THEY KNOW THAT. |
| 02:20:22 | RATIONALLY, THEY EXPECT IT. |
| 02:20:23 | SO THEY'RE HOLDING BACK. |
| 02:20:24 | BUSINESSES ARE DOING THE SAME. |
| 02:20:27 | WE SAW THIS BEFORE AS PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S CONTRADICTORY AND RAPIDLY SHIFTING ECONOMIC POLICY DECEMBER LAYED THE RECOVERY FROM THE GREAT RECESSION -- THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| 02:20:39 | THE U. |
| 02:20:40 | S. WAS THE LAST COUNTRY TO RECOVER FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| 02:20:44 | TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WHITE HOUSE THIS WASHINGTON, IS FOLLOWING THE SAME FORMULA OF SPENDING, OF UNCERTAINTY, OF POOR GOVERNANCE, OF POOR DECISIONS AND AT TIMES AS WE SAW IN THE GULF, SHEER INCOMPETENCE. |
| 02:20:59 | AGAIN, BUSINESSES LOOK AT WHAT THEY SEE OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, HIGHER TAXES, NEW LAWS, THE ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE FRIGHTENED TO HIRE, THAT'S WHY BACK TO THIS CHART, THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY SECTOR THAT'S GROWN. |
| 02:21:14 | WHEREVER THERE ARE GOVERNMENT JOBS, THE ONLY -- THEY ONLY LAST AS LONG AS THE MONEY KEEPS COMING OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK. |
| 02:21:21 | BUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHEN A BUSINESS CREATES A JOB, WHEN LOCAL COMPANY HIRES A WORKER, BUYS THAT NEW PIECE OF MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, THOSE ECONOMIC BENEFITS MULTIPLY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. |
| 02:21:33 | UNFORTUNATELY, PRIVATE SECTOR IN AMERICA LOST OVER THREE MILLION JOBS. |
| 02:21:37 | DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. |
| 02:21:39 | THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES RECENTLY SURVEYED A NUMBER OF THEIR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. |
| 02:21:45 | HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID. |
| 02:21:46 | THE U. |
| 02:21:48 | S. ECONOMY FACES HURRICANE FORCE HEADWINDS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM, MAKING AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY VERY DIFFICULT. |
| 02:21:55 | THIS IS SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 02:21:56 | BY THE WAY, I'M CONGRESSMAN KEVIN BRADY, I REPRESENT THE EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS. |
| 02:22:02 | IT IS A GREAT AREA, 11 COUNTIES FROM THE LOUISIANA BORDER THROUGH EAST TEXAS, DOWN TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE WOODLANDS, I'M THE FOURTH SENIOR REPUBLICAN ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE THE RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE TRADES SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE RANKING HOUSE REPUBLICAN ON THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE. |
| 02:22:19 | WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THESE BUSINESSES AND THESE ECONOMIC NUMBERS FOR SOME TIME. |
| 02:22:25 | WHAT THE NFIB, THE INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES SAID, IN ADDITION, EITHER POLICYMAKERS HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HELP THE ECONOMY OR THEY ARE INTENTIONALLY COMMITTING TO UNSUSTAINABLE EXPENDITURE GROWTH AND DEFICITS SO LARGE THERE'LL BE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO RAISE TAXES A SLOW SUICIDE FOR A DYNAMIC ECONOMY, JUST WHAT I SAID, THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES CONFIRMED THAT IT IS THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, D. |
| 02:22:55 | C. THAT'S HOLDING THIS ECONOMY BACK. |
| 02:23:05 | . THE PRESIDENT IS SELLING WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION AND THE NEED FOR MORE TAXES. |
| 02:23:11 | WHAT SHOULD ORDINARY CITIZENS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS EXPECT FROM ALL THIS? |
| 02:23:15 | A GROWING AND MORE DYNAMIC ECONOMY? |
| 02:23:19 | NOT LIKELY. |
| 02:23:20 | TAXING SUCCESS IS A TERRIBLE PATH TO GROWTH AND REAL INVESTMENT. |
| 02:23:24 | AND ADDING TO THE MISERY MASSIVE GOVERNMENT DEFICITS THREATENS FUTURE CAPITAL AVAILABILITY FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO OUR INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN STREET SAY WHAT THOSE OF US IN BUSINESS HAVE SAID, IT IS WASHINGTON THAT IS HOLDING BACK THIS ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING BACK THIS ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITH THIS EXTREME AGENDA. |
| 02:23:48 | BEFORE I YIELD IN A MOMENT TO ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS WHO SERVES ON THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, DR. |
| 02:24:04 | BURGESS, I WANT TO SAY THIS QUOTE, WHILE THE NFIB REPRESENTS TENSE OF THOUSANDS OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES, BUSINESS ROUND TABLE REPRESENTS EVERY BUSINESS SECTOR, SELLING AND COMPETING AROUND THE WORLD TO SELL AMERICA AS WELL AND THIS IS WHAT THE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE JUST SAID. |
| 02:24:24 | MANY REGULATIONS BOTH EXISTING AND PROPOSED EXACERBATE THE UNCERTAINTY TRADED BY TODAY'S VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT. |
| 02:24:35 | EVERYTHING HAS AN IMPACT. |
| 02:24:38 | OFTEN THAT IMPACT IS NEGATIVE. |
| 02:24:41 | MOST BUSINESSES CAN COPE WITH EACH NEW REGULATION, BUT THE CRUSHING IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY IS ENORMOUS AND OFTEN HARMFUL AND WITH THE MASSIVE NEW HEALTH CARE LAW, FINANCIAL REFORM LEGISLATION LOOMING COMPANIES ARE MORE WORRIED THAN EVER ABOUT THE IMPACTING THE LEGISLATION WILL HAVE ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT. |
| 02:25:08 | BUSINESSES ARE ACTING TO FORESTALL ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT. |
| 02:25:13 | THEY ARE SQUELCHING ECONOMIC GROWTH AS COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO FREEZE INVESTMENTS AND HIRING UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE NEW MANDATES. |
| 02:25:23 | SO DESPITE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SPENDING, ALL THIS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT, AMERICAN ECONOMY IS STALLED BECAUSE THOSE JOB CREATORS WHO BRING US OUT OF THE RECESSION ARE FRIGHTENED BY WASHINGTON AND THESE POLICIES. |
| 02:25:41 | THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PUNISHED AND HOLDING ON TO ALMOST $2 TRILLION OF CASH AND THAT CAPITAL IS WHAT WOULD FUEL OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY. |
| 02:25:51 | SO WASHINGTON AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE SINGLE LARGEST OBSTACLE TO AMERICA GETTING BACK ON ITS ECONOMIC FEET. |
| 02:25:56 | AND JOINING ME TONIGHT IS A CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS, SERVES ON THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICANS THERE AND SERVES WITH ME ON THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, FOCUSES NOT JUST ON HEALTH CARE BUT ON BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN STEET. |
| 02:26:11 | AND I WOULD YIELD TO THE HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS IN THE FORTH WORTH AREA, DR. |
| 02:26:21 | MICHAEL BURGESS. |
| 02:26:24 | MR. |
| 02:26:25 | BURGESS: YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. |
| 02:26:28 | I BELIEVE IN THE ABILITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE TO RECOVER IN THIS ECONOMY. |
| 02:26:34 | I DON'T THINK THAT THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE COMBINED CAN KEEP THIS ECONOMY DOWN FOREVER. |
| 02:26:45 | BUT THEY CAN GIVE IT A GOOD SHOT AT KEEPING IT DOWN LONGER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. |
| 02:26:50 | AND WE ALL KNOW BECAUSE OF THE PROLONGED EFFECT OF JOBLESSNESS THE ECONOMY IS HAVING A TOUGHER TIME RECOVERING. |
| 02:26:59 | AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID IT SO WELL, THE REASON THAT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS IS RELUCTANT TO ADD A JOB RIGHT NOW AND YOU ARE SEEING THE SAME THING, SOME THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT. |
| 02:27:14 | PARKING LOTS ARE A LITTLE FULLER. |
| 02:27:16 | BUT TALK TO A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON AND ASK THEM ARE YOU DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER? |
| 02:27:20 | MAYBE A LITTLE BIT. |
| 02:27:21 | DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT ADD A JOB SOON OR TAKE SOMEONE ELSE ON TO YOUR BUSINESS? |
| 02:27:27 | I MIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO TO ME IN THIS HEALTH CARE BILL. |
| 02:27:33 | I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS FINANCIAL REGULATORY SCHEME YOU HAVE PASSED IS GOING TO DO TO ME. |
| 02:27:40 | I CAN'T AFFORD THE TAX INCREASES YOU ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. |
| 02:27:45 | NO. I DON'T THINK I CAN ADD A JOB. |
| 02:27:47 | AND IF YOU FURTHER DO SOMETHING WITH ENERGY PRICES, I KNOW THAT THE FUTURE IS JUST TOO UNCERTAIN. |
| 02:27:55 | I'M DOING OK, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ADDING ANY JOBS. |
| 02:27:59 | THAT MAY BE ONE OR TWO JOBS AT A SINGLE BUSINESS, THRIFT SHOPPING CENTER BUT ACROSS THE LARGER ECONOMY, THOSE ARE THE JOBS THAT SHOULD BE FUELING OUR RECOVERY. |
| 02:28:09 | AND THE ACTIVITIES HERE IN WASHINGTON, D. |
| 02:28:12 | C. ARE WHAT IS HAVING THE DAMPENING EFFECT ON THAT. |
| 02:28:17 | TODAY'S "WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAD AN INTERESTING LEAD EDITORIAL ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE APPROPRIATELY TITLED "STIMULATING EMPLOYMENT. |
| 02:28:27 | " A NOVEL APPROACH AS TO HOW YOU MIGHT ATTACK PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMY. |
| 02:28:33 | ACCORDING TO THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" TODAY, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT TYPICALLY INVITED TO APPEAR AT THE ROSE GARDEN TO TRUMPET SUCCESS. |
| 02:28:44 | YESTERDAY, WE SAW WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A FIRST. |
| 02:28:46 | PRESIDENT OBAMA INTRODUCED THREE AMERICANS, AUTO WORKER AND WOMEN IN REAL STEET WHO HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR SO LONG THEY UNDERSCORE THE FAILURE OF HIS ENTIRE ECONOMIC PROGRAM. |
| 02:28:59 | THEY SAID, PRESIDENT OBAMA CONCEDED THAT 18 MONTHS AFTER THINKS STIMULUS, THERE ARE STILL FIVE JOB SEEKERS FOR EVERY JOB OPENING AND 2. |
| 02:29:12 | 5 MILLION AMERICANS WILL RUN OUT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. |
| 02:29:16 | VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS HAILING THE STIMULUS FOR CREATING THREE MILLION JOBS. |
| 02:29:20 | THIS WEEK, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS WE NEED EVEN MORE STIMULUS IN THE FORM OF JOBLESS CHECKS TO MAKE UP FOR THE ORIGINAL JOBS THAT HIS ORIGINAL STIMULUS DID NOT CREATE. |
| 02:29:32 | WE HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW IT IS THE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE OBSTRUCTING THE EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS. |
| 02:29:41 | BUT THERE IS STILL MONEY LEFT IN THAT STIMULUS BILL SINCE THE STIMULUS HAS BEEN SUCH A FAILURE IN CREATING JOBS AND THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE SUGGESTION. |
| 02:29:55 | AND I GET CALLS ALL DAY LONG, YEAH, THAT IS A REASONABLE SUGGESTION. |
| 02:30:00 | WHY DON'T WE PROCEED WITH THAT? |
| 02:30:01 | INSTEAD, WE CONTINUE TO PASS BILL WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE DEFICIT. |
| 02:30:05 | IF THE MONEY WASN'T JUST SITTING THERE LANGUISHING IN THE STIMULUS BILL, THEN MAYBE YOU COULD SEE THEIR POINT, BUT RELATE PARTICULARICALLY, THE MONEY IS THERE AND SHOULD BE USED TO OFFSET THE EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT WE DO KNOW, THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE FOR BORROWING THESE VAST SUMS OF MONEY. |
| 02:30:27 | AND WE KNOW THAT EXPANDING THE DEFICIT TO THE $1. |
| 02:30:30 | 6 TRILLION THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS YEAR IS ULTIMATELY MONEY THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE BORROWED AND BECAUSE THAT MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE BORROWED, IT COULD RAISE THE INTEREST RATES AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON INFLATION. |
| 02:30:47 | SO WHY NOT DO THE SENSIBLE THING AND SPEND THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED IN THE STIMULUS BILL WHICH ISN'T DOING ANY GOOD ANYWAY, IF YOU NEED TO EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, THAT WOULD BE THE CORRECT PLACE TO DO IT. |
| 02:31:00 | I HAVE SOME OTHER POINTS BUT I YIELD BACK AND HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. |
| 02:31:04 | MR. |
| 02:31:05 | BRADY: I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR POINT ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. |
| 02:31:10 | THE REPUBLICANS SUPPORT PEOPLE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK. |
| 02:31:12 | THERE HAVE BEEN EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION. |
| 02:31:15 | OUR POINT AND OUR PRINCIPLE IN THIS WHOLE ISSUE HAS BEEN DON'T MAKE MATTERS WORSE BY ADDING TO THE DEBT, BY ADDING TO THE UNCERTAINTY TO THE ECONOMY, BY FRIGHTENING CONSUMERS TO SAVE MORE OF THEIR MONEY. |
| 02:31:31 | OUR POINT IS, WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SPENT ONE HALF OF THAT STIMULUS MONEY YET. |
| 02:31:38 | SOME OF IT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BUT YOU NEARLY HAVE HALF OF IT LEFT. |
| 02:31:45 | RATHER THAN WHAT YOU WASTED IT ON, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ON CREATING JOBS, WHY DON'T WE PAY FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WITH THAT MONEY AND LET'S START STIMULATING PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS. |
| 02:31:58 | WE HAVE LOST MORE THAN THREE MILLION. |
| 02:32:02 | AND DR. BURGESS, PEOPLE SAY BACK HOME, THEY LOOK AT SOME OF THE WILDLY EXAGGERATED CLAIMS FROM THE STIMULUS. |
| 02:32:09 | REMEMBER ALL THE PHANTOM CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT THIS WHITE HOUSE ACTUALLY MADE UP DISTRICTS THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY AND CREDITED THEM WITH CERTAIN JOB CREATION. |
| 02:32:21 | SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF JOB CREATION WERE JUST WILD, $1 MILLION FOR EACH PAIR OF BOOTS. |
| 02:32:29 | BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, STIMULUS MONEY, $71,000, UNIVERSITY OF WAKE FOREST IN TAXPAYER TO STUDY COCAINE ADDITION ON MONKEYS. |
| 02:32:46 | $330,000 TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRINKING MALT LIQUOR BEER AND USING MARIJUANA. |
| 02:32:54 | 100 PEOPLE WERE PAID $45 OR WILL BE PAID $45 FOR THREE WEEKS BY THREE WEEKS TO DRINK MALT LIQUOR TO COMPARE IT WITH MARIJUANA. |
| 02:33:07 | HALF A MILLION TO STUDY THE GENETIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN QUEEN AND WORKER ANTS. |
| 02:33:16 | $50,000 FOR A HAND PUPPET GRANTS IN THE MIDWEST. |
| 02:33:20 | BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, $40,000 FOR 10 SOLAR PANEL TRASH COMPACTOR. |
| 02:33:31 | THEY SAID -- FOR A HOMELESS PROGRAM. |
| 02:33:34 | THEY SAID WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS MONEY AND WE DON'T HAVE A HOMELESS PROBLEM. |
| 02:33:37 | AND THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, CREATE. |
| 02:33:41 | I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS CREATING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO USE THE GRANT BUT ON THE STIMULUS DOLLARS, FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE, USED $8 MILLION OF THEIR FUNDS TO PAY OFF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED WORK. |
| 02:33:58 | THEY USED IT TO PAY THEIR BILLS. |
| 02:34:02 | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GAVE FUNDING TO NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOR A DANCE DRAW, WHICH INVOLVES STUDENTS ATTACHING MYSELF TO THEIR CHESTS AND WRISTS TO FORM SHAPES ON A COMPUTER. |
| 02:34:18 | WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE NEED HELP FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, REPUBLICANS AGREE, WE WANT TO STOP WASTING STIMULUS MONEY. |
| 02:34:26 | HELP PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY NEED HELP. |
| 02:34:30 | STOP PLAYING POLITICS. |
| 02:34:34 | IS STUDYING MYSELF, MALT LIQUOR BEER MORE IMPORTANT THAN HELPING PEOPLE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK? |
| 02:34:42 | WE DON'T THINK SO. |
| 02:34:43 | IT SHOULDN'T BE MAKING IT TOUGHER FOR CONSUMERS. |
| 02:34:47 | I JUST WANTED TO EXPAND ON THAT POINT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL ONE FOR PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT WHO ARE WONDERING IF CONGRESS IS FUNCTIONING AT ALL OR LISTENING AT ALL. |
| 02:34:59 | I DON'T THINK THIS CONGRESS IS. |
| 02:35:01 | I WOULD YIELD BACK TO YOU, DR. |
| 02:35:03 | BURGESS. |
| 02:35:04 | MR. BURGESS: THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" EDITORIAL TALKS ABOUT THE FIVE APPLICANTS FOR EVERY JOB THAT IS AVAILABLE. |
| 02:35:10 | AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD IN OUR COMMITTEE, IN ENERGY COMMERCE, WE HAD A HEARING ON THE OIL SPILL DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. |
| 02:35:20 | AND ONCE AGAIN, IT CAME UP ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR PROPOSING A MORATORIUM ON DRILLING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. |
| 02:35:29 | HERE, WE KIND OF REVERSED THE SITUATION. |
| 02:35:32 | HERE WE CAN KILL FIVE JOBS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. |
| 02:35:35 | FOR EVERY JOB WE DESTROY ON A DRILLING RIG, FIVE JOBS THAT ARE ALSO DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT ACTIVITY IN THE GULF, FIVE JOBS ARE LOST. |
| 02:35:45 | SO THE MORATORIUM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IN A VERY REAL WAY IS GOING TO AFFECT FAMILIES ALL UP AND DOWN THE GULF, FAMILIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HURT BY THIS SPILL, ALREADY BEEN HURT BY THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT EXERCISE ITS DUE DILIGENCE AND OVERSIGHT IN LEASING THAT WELL TO B. |
| 02:36:04 | P. IN THE FIRST PLACE. |
| 02:36:06 | B.P. A FOREIGN OIL COMPANY WHO HAS ONE OF THE WORST RECORDS AS FAR AS SAFETY, TO BE ABLE TO DRILL A WELL LIKE THIS WITH ALL KINDS OF PASSES AND WAVES ON ALL OF THE NEPA REGULATIONS, WASN'T REQUIRED TO PUT OUT A SPILL PLAN BEFORE THEY DID THIS DRILLING. |
| 02:36:26 | NOW THE POOR PEOPLE IN THE GULF, THEY HAVE LOST THEIR SHRIMPING AND FISHING AND TOURISM AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE OF WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR ECONOMY BECAUSE OF THE IMPOSITION OF THIS MORATORIUM AT A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE TASKED WITH CREATING JOBS, AT A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND LET THE PRODUCTIVE SECTOR OF AMERICAN SOCIETY DO WHAT IT DOES BEST, GROW, PROSPER AND CREATE JOBS. |
| 02:36:54 | INSTEAD, WE ARE PUTTING ADDITIONAL IMPEDIMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR AN AREA OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS BEEN HARD HIT BY HURRICANES AND NOW THIS GULF OIL SPILL AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE SPILL APPEARS TO BE CONTAINED AT THE PRESENT TIME, BUT WE KNOW THIS ISN'T OVER, THE CLEANUP IS NOT OVER, THE WELL IS NOT YET SHUT IN. |
| 02:37:15 | THEY ARE FACING TOUGH PROBLEMS DOWN THERE AND WE ADD TO THE PROBLEM BY A MORATORIUM. |
| 02:37:21 | THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PANEL SAID THERE IS NO REASON TO DO THIS AND YET THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR PUSHES AHEAD AND WOULD NOT EVEN PROVIDE US TODAY WITH ANY OF THE DATA THAT WAS USED, ANY OF THE RISK DATA THAT WAS USED TO SAY THERE MUST BE A MORATORIUM OR ANY OF THE ECONOMIC DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO HIM AND PRESUMABLY TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT WHAT THE EFFECTS OF WHAT THIS MORATORIUM WOULD BE. |
| 02:37:44 | HERE WE ARE IN THE WORST RECESSION AND LET'S SEE IF WE HURT THEM WORSE. |
| 02:38:00 | I YIELD BACK. . MR. |
| 02:38:01 | BRADY: I DON'T THINK THIS WHITE HOUSE OR WASHINGTON HAS A DELUE HOW DAMAGING THIS DRILLING MORATORIUM IS ON WORKERS NOT JUST IN THE GULF BUT ENERGY PRODUCTION OFFSHORE THAT SPREADS OUT, I SAW A STUDY THE OTHER DAY, NEARLY EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH JOB LOSSES AS A RESULT OF THE DRILLING MORATORIUM. |
| 02:38:19 | WE'RE ALREADY SEEING COMPANIES REDEPLOYING THEIR RIGS TO EGYPT, MOVING THEIR INVESTMENT OUT OF THE UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND THOSE RIGS WON'T BE COMING BACK ANY TIME SOON. |
| 02:38:34 | TYPICAL RIG IN THE GULF, IN DEEP WATER, HAS 11,500 WORKERS TIED TO IT, 1,000 MORE VENDORS, WHEN THEY LEAVE THE GULF THEY DON'T COME BACK FOR YEARS. |
| 02:38:47 | WE HAVE BUSINESSES LAYING OFF WORKERS, MOVING EQUIPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, ALREADY CUTTING THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE YOU HAVE OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE HEADQUARTERS LEAVING THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. |
| 02:39:05 | THERE ARE LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS TIED DIRECTLY TO THE GULF, MORE THAN 170,000 AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF THIS. |
| 02:39:14 | YET TWO THOUGHTS, ONE, MONDAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TALKING ABOUT PLAYING POLITICS WITH PEOPLE'S JOBS. |
| 02:39:21 | PLAYING POLITICS WITH PEOPLE'S JOBS. |
| 02:39:24 | THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HIS DRILLING MORATORIUM IS DOING ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO. |
| 02:39:29 | I FIND IT FRUSTRATING, TODAY -- I WENT ONLINE AND READ THE "HOUSTON CHRONICLE" AND THERE IT SAID THE PRESIDENT IS COME DO YOU THINK TO TEXAS, TO HOUSTON, AUGUST 9, TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS PARTY. |
| 02:39:43 | AND I READ THAT, REALIZING THAT WE'VE HAD A STANDING INVITATION, BY LETTER, TO THE PRESIDENT, ASKING HIM TO COME DOWN TO HOUSTON TO MEET FACE TO FACE WITH THESE ENERGY WORKERS, THE ONES WHOSE JOBS HE IS KILL RIGHT NOW AND EXPLAIN TO THEM HIS REASONING, LISTEN TO THESE AMERICAN WORKERS, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, DOESN'T MATTER, ALL AGES, ALL ETHNIC CATEGORIES, ALL INCOME CATEGORIES, THEY JUST WANT TO WORK AND HIS MORATORIUM IS DESTROYING THEIR LIVELIHOOD. |
| 02:40:17 | WE ARE WAITING FOR AN ANSWER TO THAT INVITATION. |
| 02:40:20 | APPARENTLY, HE DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK TO ALL WORK -- TO OUR WORKERS OR SIT DOWN FACE TO FACE WITH THEM BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO RAISE CAMPAIGN CASH. |
| 02:40:30 | SO WE SAID TODAY, MR. |
| 02:40:31 | PRESIDENT, CAN YOU GIVE US AN HOUR TO MEET WITH THESE WORKERS? |
| 02:40:37 | CAN YOU GIVE US 15 MINUTES? |
| 02:40:39 | DO YOU HAVE TIME AT ALL FOR WORKERS IN TEXAS AND ALONG THE GULF WHO NOW SEE THEIR HOPES OF THEIR SMALL BUSINESS, OF PUTTING THEIR KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE, OF KEEPING THEIR HOME, DASHED BECAUSE OF A POORLY THOUGHT OUT DRILLING MORATORIUM THAT IS TAKING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN THE GULF AND CREATING AN ECONOMIC DISASTER FOR A LOT OF INNOCENT FAMILIES WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT SPILL. |
| 02:41:08 | I KNOW YOU SENSE THAT IN DALLAS-FORTH. |
| 02:41:11 | ONE BUSINESS IN DALLAS TOLD ME WHAT SMALL BUSINESS CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT SIX MONTHS OF REVENUE? |
| 02:41:17 | IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS, NOT MANY. |
| 02:41:20 | NOT MANY AT ALL. |
| 02:41:22 | MAYBE THE BIG GUYS CAN BUT THEY'D BE LAYING PEOPLE OFF, NOT BUYING FROM VENDORS. |
| 02:41:29 | WITH THAT, I KNOW YOU FEEL THAT PAIN IN DALLAS-FORTH AND -- FORT WORTH AND I GUESS WE'RE FRUSTRATED THAT THE PRESIDENT WON'T LISTEN TO REASON, COME DOWN AND FACE OUR ENERGY WORKERS, JUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM, GIVE US AN HOUR OUT OF YOUR BUSY CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING AND TELL THEM YOUR REASONING. |
| 02:41:48 | I YIELD TO YOU, DR. |
| 02:41:52 | BURGESS. |
| 02:41:53 | MR. BURGESS: IT DOES GET TO YOUR POINT OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH PEOPLE'S JOBS. |
| 02:41:56 | I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE PREDOMINANT DEMOCRATIC AGENDA ITEMS PUSHED THROUGH THIS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, LARGELY ON -- IN FACT, ALMOST ENTIRELY ON PARTY LINE VOTES. |
| 02:42:08 | THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN BIPARTISAN ABOUT THESE BILLS HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITION, THE HEALTH CARE BILL, FINANCIAL REGULATORY BILL, CAP AND TRADE, PROBABLY MORE DEMOCRATIC VOTES AGAINST AND MADE IT A TRULY BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION AND VERY LITTLE -- VERY FEW REPUBLICAN VOTES IN FAVOR. |
| 02:42:27 | BUT VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, OVER THE WEEKEND, IN TALKING ON AN INTERVIEW ON ONE OF THE SUNDAY SHOWS, SAID LOOK, THESE ARE GIGANTIC PACKAGES TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM WE INHERITED. |
| 02:42:41 | A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY INVOLVED DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE THE PACKAGES. |
| 02:42:45 | I ASSUME HE'S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. |
| 02:42:50 | THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, WHO WROTE THIS LEGISLATION. |
| 02:42:53 | GOING BACK TO QUOTE THEN. |
| 02:42:55 | PEOPLE DON'T KNOW A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE RECOVERY ACT, UNDERSTANDABLY, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SO MUCH STUFF FLOWING OUR WAY. |
| 02:43:05 | MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT ARE, THIS IS THE PROBLEM. |
| 02:43:09 | BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS STUFF, BECAUSE NO ONE BOTHERED TO TAKE THE TIME TO BRING ALONG EVEN PUBLIC OPINION WHILE THIS STUFF WAS DONE, AS A CONSEQUENCE, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE FEARFUL OF WHAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS HEALTH CARE BILL. |
| 02:43:25 | WE'RE NOW THREE MONTHS INTO IT. |
| 02:43:26 | THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE BEING WRITTEN IN SECRET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THIS NEW C. |
| 02:43:35 | M.S., CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICE DIRECTOR THAT NOBODY KNOWS, THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE COUNTRY NO ONE EVER HEARD OF, DONALD BURRWICK. |
| 02:43:45 | IT IS NO WONDER THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED, THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR THEIR OWN SURVIVAL BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR THESE THINGS WE ALREADY PASSED. |
| 02:43:56 | PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BY THE STIMULUS BILL BECAUSE AS MR. |
| 02:44:00 | BRADY POINTED OUT, THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF IN THERE THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH STIMULATING THE ECONOMY, I REMEMBER IN OUR JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IT WAS REVEALED THERE WERE SO MANY JOB CREASE ATED IN ARIZONA'S NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. |
| 02:44:16 | THAT WAS NEWS TO EVERYONE BECAUSE ARIZONA'S NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HASN'T EVEN BEEN CREATED YET. |
| 02:44:23 | IT MAY IN THE REAPPORTIONMENT AFTER THE CENSUS. |
| 02:44:28 | BUT RIGHT NOW IT STOPS AT EIGHT. |
| 02:44:31 | IS IT ANY WONDER PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO DO THE THINGS NECESSARY TO HELP THE ECONOMY RECOVER. |
| 02:44:39 | IT HAS BEEN EDUCATIONAL TO SIT ON THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, TO HEAR THE TESTIMONY LIKE WE HEARD LAST WEEK, ALL THE HAPPY TALK COMING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THINGS ARE GREAT, IT'S THE RECOVERY, SUMMER, I DON'T THINK SO. |
| 02:44:50 | HAVE YOU BEEN OUT BEYOND THE CONFINES OF WASHINGTON, D. |
| 02:44:54 | C. TO LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING TO REAL PEOPLE AND REAL PEOPLE'S LIVES? |
| 02:44:56 | I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN HAS A NUMBER OF FACTS AND CHARTS HE WANTS TO SHARE WITH US SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO HIM AT THIS POINT BUT I DID -- I DID WANT TO COME AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT I'M SO GRATEFUL YOU BROUGHT UP TONIGHT. |
| 02:45:15 | MR. BRADY: THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN BURGESS, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR WORK TRYING TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING. |
| 02:45:21 | YOU ARE SO RIGHT THIS ECONOMY IS -- RECOVERY IS SO SUBPAR, MOST AMERICANS DON'T REALIZE IT. |
| 02:45:26 | I TALKED EARLIER, AMERICANS ARE PREDISPOSED, EXCITED ABOUT BOUNCING OUT OF RECESSIONS AS FAST AS WE CAN. |
| 02:45:33 | BUT NOT THIS TIME. |
| 02:45:35 | WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE RECESSIONS THE COUNTRY HAS GONE THROUGH SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| 02:45:40 | THE ONE CLOSEST TO IT THAT HAD THE MOST DAMAGE HAPPENED IN THE EARLY 1980'S. |
| 02:45:45 | IF YOU COMPARE HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PERFORMANCE WAS, IS TODAY, VERSUS PRESIDENT REAGAN'S IN 1982 AND 1983, IT'S PRETTY STUNNING. |
| 02:45:57 | THE REAGAN RECOVERY, WHICH HAD A HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO BEGIN WITH, IT IS -- IF YOU LOOK AT THREE KEY AREAS IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THE RECESSION ENDED UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN, HIS ECONOMY GREW TWICE AS FAST AS THE OBAMA RECOVERY. |
| 02:46:17 | IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED, IT ISN'T EVEN CLOSE. |
| 02:46:22 | THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REAGAN RECOVERY, THE UNITED STATES ADDED THREE MILLION JOBS. |
| 02:46:26 | WE'VE ACTUALLY LOST THEM UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 02:46:30 | AND LOOK AT THIS CHART. |
| 02:46:31 | YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE JOBS NUMBERS ARE. |
| 02:46:34 | REAGAN CONTINUES TO INCREASE, EVEN UNDER THE BEST SCENARIO RIGHT NOW, IT IS A VERY SLOW, SUBPAR, VERY STAGNANT TYPE OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY. |
| 02:46:46 | THEN SIMILARLY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL BY MORE THAN TWO POINTS UNDER REAGAN. |
| 02:46:51 | PRESIDENT REAGAN. |
| 02:46:52 | WHILE IT'S INCREASED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 02:46:55 | YOU ASKED WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? |
| 02:46:58 | WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? |
| 02:46:59 | IT'S WHAT CONGRESSMAN BURGESS TALKED ABOUT, TWO THINGS. |
| 02:47:03 | PRESIDENT OBAMA DECIDED WASHINGTON WOULD CREATE JOBS, WASHINGTON KNEW BEST. |
| 02:47:07 | THEY DIDN'T PUT AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS TOGETHER THEY PUT A POLITICAL STIMULUS TOGETHER. |
| 02:47:11 | WHAT IT'S PRODUCED IS GOVERNMENT JOBS. |
| 02:47:14 | NO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. |
| 02:47:16 | IT'S ALSO BALANCED WITH HIGHER -- OFFSET WITH HIGHER TAX INCREASES AND HIGHER ENERGY COSTS, THE FEAR OF NEW HEALTH CARE COSTS, REGULATIONS, TAXES EVERYWHERE. |
| 02:47:27 | JOB CREATORS AREN'T ADDING JOBS. |
| 02:47:30 | THE REAGAN RECOVERY IS JUST THE OPPOSITE HE CREATED CERTAINTY FOR THIS COUNTRY. |
| 02:47:34 | THEY LOWERED TAXES, THEY SPURRED INVESTMENT THEY TOLD BUSINESSES IF YOU CREATE JOHNS, YOU CAN KEEP THEM, YOU WON'T BE PUNISHED, YOU'LL BE ERE-WARDED. |
| 02:47:45 | WHAT DID THE PRIVATE SECTOR DO? |
| 02:47:47 | IT CREATED JOBS. |
| 02:47:49 | NOW, WE HAVE 15 MILLION WORKERS, ALMOST 15 MILLION WORKERS LOOKING FOR JOBS, MANY OF THEM WHO ALMOST HALF HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR SIX MONTHS THE LONGEST SINCE THEY STARTED KEEPING NUMBERS. |
| 02:48:05 | THOSE WITH HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION STRUGGLE WITH, IT'S ALMOST 16% OR 17% UNEMPLOYMENT. |
| 02:48:13 | CERTAIN ETHNIC CATEGORIES HAVE MUCH, MUCH HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT THAN OTHERS. |
| 02:48:19 | IT'S BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS, WHEN FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN LOWERING TAXES AND CREATING SMALL BUSINESS JOBS, OR SPENDING, RAISING TAXES AND CREATING GOVERNMENT JOB THEY CHOSE THE LATTER SYSTEM OF AMERICA'S RECOVERY HAS STAALED. |
| 02:48:37 | IT IS SUBPAR. |
| 02:48:39 | OFFERS LITTLE HOPE TO MOST PEOPLE. |
| 02:48:42 | CERTAINLY HASN'T, AS THE PRESIDENT CLAIMED, JUMP STARTED THE ECONOMY OR RESTORED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. |
| 02:48:48 | JUST THE OPPOSITE. |
| 02:48:49 | WE TALK ABOUT TAXES, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT FAMILIES STILL WORRIED ABOUT THIS DEBT THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS GONE JUST STAGGERING AMOUNT OF DEBT UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 02:49:01 | IN FACT, WHEN REPUBLICANS LOST CONTROL OF CONGRESS, THE ANNUAL DEBT THAT YEAR WAS ABOUT 160 MILLION -- WAS ABOUT $160 MILLION, TOO HIGH IN MY VIEW AND TOO HIGH IN MOST AMERICANS' VIEW. |
| 02:49:17 | NOW, WITHIN THREE YEARS, THAT DEBT IS ALMOST EIGHT TIMES, ALMOST NINE TIMES HIGHER AT $1. |
| 02:49:25 | 4 TRILLION. |
| 02:49:26 | THE REPUBLICANS' DEBTS OF A YEAR ARE NOW THE DEMOCRAT DEBTS OF A MONTH. |
| 02:49:31 | OF A MONTH. |
| 02:49:32 | EACH AND EVERY MONTH WE'RE ADDING THAT EQUIVALENT. |
| 02:49:36 | DEBT HAS EXPLODED. |
| 02:49:38 | THE COST -- A GREAT EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, AMERICA'S DEBT IS MORE THAN 60% FOR THE SIZE OF OUR ECONOMY. |
| 02:49:47 | THAT'S IN THE YELLOW WARNING CATEGORY. |
| 02:49:50 | IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS DIRECTION, WE'LL BE AT 100% OF THE ECONOMY BY THE END OF THIS DECADE. |
| 02:49:57 | IT WILL SKYROCKET TO AN INCREDIBLE, ALMOST 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY, EVERYTHING WE MAKE AND PRODUCE IN AMERICA BY THE YEAR 2084, IF WE STAY ON THIS PATH, AND THAT DEBT HAS REAL COST. |
| 02:50:10 | IT MEANS WE HAVE A BIGGER GOVERNMENT FOR FAMILIES AND WORKERS TO DRAG AROUND ON THEIR BACK. |
| 02:50:17 | YOUNGER PEOPLE WILL PAY MORE OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK TO HAUL, DRAG THIS ECONOMY AROUND. |
| 02:50:22 | IT CREATES AN ANCHOR ON AMERICA'S PROSPERITY. |
| 02:50:25 | IN FACT, MOST ECONOMISTS TELL US THAT WHEN A COUNTRY'S DEBT GETS TO ABOUT 90% OF THE SIDES OF THEIR ECONOMY, OF EVERYTHING THEY PRODUCE AND CREATE, WHEN THE DEBT GETS TO 90%, IT DRAGS DOWN YOUR ECONOMY SUBSTANTIALLY, BY ABOUT ONE PERCENTAGE POINT. |
| 02:50:43 | WHAT THAT MEANS -- IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT IT MEANS INSTEAD OF AMERICA GROWING AT 3% A YEAR, A STEADY 3% A YEAR WE GROW AT AN ANEMIC 2% A YEAR. |
| 02:50:56 | YOU LOSE A THIRD OF YOUR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. |
| 02:51:01 | IT PUTS YOU IN THE CATEGORY OF EUROPE, WHICH HAS HAD THIS BIG GOVERNMENT MENTALITY AND THIS ANCHOR AROUND THEIR ECONOMY AND IT COST THEM. |
| 02:51:08 | I LOOKED AT THE FIVE MOST TROUBLED COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. |
| 02:51:11 | WE'VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING GREECE'S PROBLEM WITH THEIR DEBT BUT ALSO THE -- WHAT THEY CALL THE PIGS, PORTUGAL, ITALY, IRELAND, GREECE AND SPAIN, THE FIVE MOST TROUBLED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, YOU LOOK AT THEIR GROSS DEBT, THE UNITED STATES IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. |
| 02:51:31 | IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET DEFICIT AS A PERCENT OF OUR ECONOMY, THE UNITED STATES RANKS THIRD WORST AS WELL. |
| 02:51:40 | THIRD WORST IN GROSS DEBT, THIRD WORST IN BUDGET DEFICIT AND WE ARE ON A BULLET HEADED THEIR DIRECTION. |
| 02:51:48 | NOW, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SAME SHAPE AS GREECE TODAY BUT WE'RE ON THE TRAJECTORY, WE'RE ON THE PATH, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION IN AMERICA, MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN SAY THESE THINGS, WE'RE ON THE PATH TO A CALAMITY FINANCIALLY UNLESS WE CHANGE OUR WAYS AND ONE THING I WANT TO POINT TO THAT CONGRESSMAN BURGESS TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT PEOPLE KNOWING TAXING ARE COMING. |
| 02:52:17 | WHAT'S FRIGHTENED A LOT OF JOB CREATORS AND A LOT OF AVERAGE FAMILIES IN AMERICA, CERTAINLY IN TEXAS, IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN EAST TEXAS THINK A REPRESENT, FAMILIES TELL ME, SPENDING'S OUT OF CONTROL. |
| 02:52:31 | SMALL BUSINESS LOOK AT ALL THESE PROGRAMS THAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS TRY TO PASS EACH WEEK AND THEY SAY, LOOK, THAT WON'T CREATE JOBS OR CUSTOMERS THAT JUST FRIGHTENS PEOPLE MORE. |
| 02:52:40 | AND THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING END TO UP BEING TAXED FOR IT. |
| 02:52:44 | AND YOU LOOK AT, THERE'S TAXES, PROPOSED INCREASED TAXES ON HEALTH CARE, CADILLAC HEALTH CARE PLANS, ON INCOME FOR AMERICANS, ON CAPITAL GAINS, ON DIVIDENDS, ON DEATH TAXES, THERE'S ALL THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, PHARMACEUTICAL, MEDICAL DEVICE, THE TAXES, THE CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION WHICH IS JUST A TAX ON ALL THE ENERGY USED AT YOUR HOME AND IN YOUR VEHICLE, THEY'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT A TAX, A VALUE ADDED TAX WHICH WOULD COME ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. |
| 02:53:22 | THE VALUE ADD TAX, WHICH HAS WORKED IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, ADDED ON TOP OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE, IT'S THE POLITICIANS' PERFECT TAX, IT'S AN IDEAL TAX. |
| 02:53:32 | IT'S HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC, IT SOUNDS SMALL AND PEOPLE PAY FOR IT IN EVERYTHING THEY BUY. |
| 02:53:38 | IT'S HIDDEN. |
| 02:53:39 | IT'S A HIDDEN TAX, POLITICIANS CAN PLAY WITH IT ANY WAY THEY CHOOSE AND THE PUBLIC RARELY KNOWS. |
| 02:53:48 | AND PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AND THEY THINK, THE BUSH TAX CUTS, WHICH WAS SO HELPFUL FOR OUR ECONOMY AND OUR MIDDLE CLASS, FOR THE AVERAGE TEXAS FAMILY WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3,000 MORE A YEAR IF THOSE TAX CUTS GO AWAY. |
| 02:54:04 | $3,000 MORE EVERY YEAR. |
| 02:54:06 | I KNOW IN WASHINGTON THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BIG DEAL. |
| 02:54:09 | BUT FOR MOST FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. |
| 02:54:14 | ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. |
| 02:54:15 | THAT'S ALL THEIR UTILITY BILLS FOR THE YEAR, PROBABLY THROW IN THE CABLE BILL AS WELL, I TOOK A LOOK AT A STUDY I SAW THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING BURDENS OUR YOUTH. |
| 02:54:29 | WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH OUR DEBT HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE DEMOCRATS TOOK CONTROL OF CONGRESS, BUT JUST LOOK AT TWO THINGS. |
| 02:54:37 | JUST LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE 2008 AND 2009 BAILOUTS AND STIMULUS. |
| 02:54:44 | ACCORDING TO ECONOMIST DR. |
| 02:54:46 | ED STRING OF TRINITY COLLEGE, JUST THE COST FROM THOSE TWO EVENTS WILL COST THE AVERAGE 22-YEAR-OLD COMING OUT OF COLLEGE THIS YEAR $145,000 OVER THEIR WORKING LIVES. |
| 02:55:01 | THAT'S $280 A MONTH EQUIVALENT OF SECOND CAR -- MONTH, EQUIVALENT OF A SECOND CAR PAYMENT. |
| 02:55:07 | THAT'S THE IMPACT SPENDING HAS ON PEOPLE. |
| 02:55:09 | THAT'S JUST TWO SPENDING BILLS, THAT'S NOT THE TRILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS OF DEBT FROM LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT CONTINUED TO PILE UP AND AGAIN WE'RE $13 TRILLION OF SPENDING AND GETTING HIGHER. |
| 02:55:23 | I POINT OUT TO PEOPLE LIKE TO, I KNOW -- I POINT OUT, PEOPLE LIKE, TO I KNOW IN WASHINGTON EVERYTHING'S BUSH'S FAULT. |
| 02:55:36 | AMERICA'S NOT GOING ALL THE WAY IN THE WORLD CUP WAS BUSH'S FAULT, I THINK SOME PEOPLE BELIEVED IN WASHINGTON. |
| 02:55:40 | BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE JOBS WERE TRADED IN AMERICA, YOU SEE HERE IS WHEN REPUBLICANS FULLY CONTROLLED CONGRESS AND ADDED DURING THEIR TENURE 6. |
| 02:55:52 | 6 MILLION JOBS. |
| 02:55:53 | SINCE SPEAKER PELOSI TOOK THE GAVEL, WHAT WEEK OF SEEN IS A LOSS OF OVER SIX MILLION JOBS, SO ALMOST EVERY JOB REPUBLICANS CREATED DEMOCRATS HAVE DESTROYED. |
| 02:56:06 | AND THE REASON THAT'S GOING TO GET EVEN WORSE IS BECAUSE WE -- THIS WHITE HOUSE AND THIS CONGRESS IS THE MOST JOB-KILLING, ANTIBUSINESS, ANDY GROWTH CONGRESS PERHAPS IN THE HISTORY OF THE -- ANTIGROWTH CONGRESS PERHAPS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 02:56:22 | WE SEE THIS NOT JUST IN TAX INCREASES AND HEALTH CARE COSTS BUT WILD PROVISIONS COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND NOW OF COURSE THE DRILLING MORATORIUM THAT IS BEGINNING TO DESTROY JOBS AND LIVES AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. |
| 02:56:38 | AND WHAT'S, I GUESS, PERHAPS MOST SADDENING IS THAT ALONG THE GULF COAST MANY FAMILIES IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS AND MISS P MISSISSIPPI WHO ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF B. |
| 02:56:51 | P.'S OIL SPILL AND BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURE TO CONTAIN THE SPILL, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE BEGGING THIS PRESIDENT NOT TO CONTINUE THIS DRILLING MORATORIUM, ALLOW OUR WORKERS TO GO BACK TO WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW, AS BAD AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN, THE DRILLING MORATORIUM'S DAMAGE ON THEIR JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD WILL ADD EVEN MORE MISERY TO THEIR LIVES. |
| 02:57:18 | WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. |
| 02:57:20 | MR. |
| 02:57:21 | PRESIDENT, I'D ASK YOU AGAIN, COME DOWN TO HOUSTON, MEET WITH OUR ENERGY WORKERS, SEE WHOSE LIVES AND JOBS YOU'RE DESTROYING, MEET WITH OUR INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES, MEET WITH OUR MIDSIZED BUSINESSES, MEET WITH THE COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE GULF TODAY WANTING TO GO BACK TO WORK, WHO DON'T WANT THEIR RIGS TO GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES, WHO DON'T WANT THE JOBS TO GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES, THE EQUIPMENT TO GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES, OUR CAPITAL TO GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND EVENTUALLY OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TO GO AROUND THE REST OF THE WORLD TO THE DETRIMENT OF U. |
| 02:57:54 | S. ENERGY WORKERS IN AMERICA. |
| 02:57:56 | MR. |
| 02:57:58 | PRESIDENT, WHILE YOU'RE FUNDS RAISING IN HOUSTON, GIVE US AN HOUR TO MEET WITH -- FUNDRAISING IN HOUSTON, GIVE US AN HOUR TO MEET WITH OUR WORKERS. |
| 02:58:09 | JUST SIT DOWN WITH THEM, YOU WON'T HAVE PRESS THERE, YOU PICK THE WORKERS IF YOU CHOOSE, ALTHOUGH IF I WERE YOU I WOULD ASK THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WHO ARE FACING THEIR JOBS SO YOU CAN LISTEN OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY, SO YOU DON'T -- NO TELEPROMPTERS, NO BIG SPEECHES, JUST LISTEN TO OUR ENERGY WORKERS AND PERHAPS YOU'LL SEE JUST HOW DAMAGING THIS DRILLING MORATORIUM IS AND WILL BE FOR AMERICA. |
| 02:58:37 | WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY SUFFERING AND PEOPLE ARE BEING LAID OFF, BUSINESSES ARE CONTEMPLATING NOT BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE AND FILING BANKRUPTCY. |
| 02:58:47 | WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT ENERGY PRICES WILL GO UP AS A RESULT OF YOUR MORATORIUM BECAUSE THE GULF OF MEXICO PRODUCED SO MUCH OF THE ENERGY WE USE IN AMERICA. |
| 02:58:57 | WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IS THAT WE ARE GIVING MORE POWER AND MORE ENERGY STRENGTH TO COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, SOME OF QUHOM CAN'T STAND ANYTHING THE -- WHOM CAN'T STAND ANYTHING THAT AMERICA STANDES FOR AND WE'LL FACE AN ENERGY SHORTAGE IN 2011, 2012 IF THIS DRILLING MORATORIUM CONTINUES. |
| 02:59:18 | YOU'LL HEAR FROM SHALLOW WELL OPERATERS WHO DRILLED, GOSH, IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, I THINK 50,000 WELLS, WITHOUT AN INCIDENT, BUT NOW THEY FIND THEY CAN'T FIND A PERMIT TO CONTINUE WORKING SO THEY'RE FACING LAY JAUFS OF THEIR WORKERS AND THEIR FINANCIAL -- LAYOFFS OF THEIR WORKERS AND THEIR FINANCIAL STRUGGLES AND THEY'VE DRILLED SAFELY EXCEPT FOR THE B. |
| 02:59:44 | P. INCIDENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE RIG IS ALREADY LEAVING AND OTHERS ARE PLANNING TO LEAVE AND WON'T BE BACK ANY TIME SOON. |
| 02:59:52 | YEARS PERHAPS, ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS. |
| 02:59:55 | IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT DO THOSE WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE WHO DO MANUFACTURING QUHORKS DO OIL FIELD SERVICES AND SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WHO REACH LITERALLY INTO EVERY STATE AND ALMOST EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN AMERICA, WHAT DO THESE BUSINESSES DO? |
| 03:00:13 | MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE NOT ASKING MUCH. |
| 03:00:15 | WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP GET THIS ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK, TAKE OFF THE TABLE THE DRILLING MORATORIUM, END IT TODAY. |
| 03:00:24 | TAKE OFF THE TABLE CAP AND TRADE AND THE ENERGY PRICES, HIGH ENERGY PRICES THAT IT WILL CREATE, TAKE OFF THE TABLE THE NEW REGULATIONS, THE NEW TAXES, AGREE TO EXTEND THE BUSH TAX CUTS. |
| 03:00:38 | DON'T RAISE TAXES ON CAPITAL AND DIVIDEND INVESTMENTS, LOWER THEM TO GET THIS ECONOMY GOING. |
| 03:00:45 | REASSURE CONSUMERS THAT WE HAVE A PATH TO A BALANCED BUDGET. |
| 03:00:51 | REASSURE BUSINESSES THEY WON'T BE PUNISHED FOR HIRING THAT NEW WORKER, BRINGING BACK THAT OLD WORKER OR HIRING THAT NEW ONE, BUYING THAT NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. |
| 03:01:01 | LISTEN TO THE BUSINESSES AROUND YOU WHO ARE TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. |
| 03:01:08 | THIS WASHINGTON CONGRESS IS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY, BECAUSE OF THE TAXES, BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA THAT IS HOLDING OUR ECONOMY BACK. |
| 03:01:21 | MR. |
| 03:01:22 | PRESIDENT, IF YOU WANT TO TURN THIS CHART AROUND, IF YOU WANT -- AND WE'LL HELP DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, WE'LL HELP YOU LOWER TAXES, WE'LL HELP YOU TAKE THESE ITEMS OFF THE TABLE. |
| 03:01:34 | IF YOU'LL LISTEN TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, LISTEN TO OUR ENERGY WORKERS, LISTEN TO OUR FAMILIES. |
| 03:01:39 | BECAUSE RIGHT NOW MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA BELIEVE THIS WASHINGTON IS SO ARROGANT THIS CONGRESS ISN'T LISTENING THAT THEY SEEM TO KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM, THAT THEY'D GO ANY ROUTE, DON'T READ ANY BILLS, RUSH MASSIVE MEASURES THROUGH WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEIR IMPACT IS. |
| 03:01:59 | WE LEARN MONTHS LATER THAT THEY'RE NOTHING LIKE THEY'RE PROMISED. |
| 03:02:03 | AND SO AVERAGE FAMILIES ARE LISTENING TONIGHT, WORKERS ARE DESPERATE FOR JOBS YET THEY SEE A CONGRESS OFF ON CAP AND TRADE AND ALL SORTS OF SCHEMES INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING THE JOB CREATORS TO CREATE MORE JOBS. |
| 03:02:23 | AMERICA CANNOT SURVIVE THIS JOB-KILLING AGENDA MUCH LONGER. |
| 03:02:29 | AS STRONG AS WE ARE, AS RESILIENT AS WE ARE, AS QUICK AS WE ARE TO BOUNCE BACK FROM RECESSIONS, IT'S NOT HAPPENING THIS TIME. |
| 03:02:40 | AND WASHINGTON IS THE OBSTACLE. |
| 03:02:41 | LOOK IN THE MIRROR, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, PRESIDENT OBAMA, RESPECTFULLY LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING THIS ECONOMY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHERE ARE THE JOBS, WE'LL HELP YOU CREATE THOSE JOBS WHERE THEY BELONG, NOT IN THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ALONG MAIN STREET IN EVERY STATE, IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN AMERICA. |
| 03:03:03 | AND BY THE WAY, IT ISN'T ENOUGH ANYMORE, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST BUY AMERICAN, WE HAVE TO SELL AMERICAN, WE HAVE TO SELL OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. |
| 03:03:13 | BUT WHEN WE TRY TO DO THAT, WHAT WE FIND IS A LOT OF COUNTRIES HAVE AMERICA NEED NOT APPLY SIGN. |
| 03:03:19 | MR. |
| 03:03:20 | PRESIDENT, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO TEAR DOWN THOSE SIGNS, GIVE US A CHANCE TO SELL AMERICAN GOODS AND SERVICES. |
| 03:03:26 | WHEN WE GET THE CHANCE TO COMPETE, WE WIN. |
| 03:03:29 | WE CREATE JOBS, WE SELL AMERICAN SUCCESSFULLY. |
| 03:03:33 | BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS CONGRESS FOR THREE YEARS HAS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND COMPETE. |
| 03:03:42 | AND WHILE WE VOLUNTARILY BENCHED OURSELVES, THE DEMOCRATS AND CONGRESS HAVE STOPPED TRADE WHILE THE PRESIDENT TOOK A TIME-OUT, NOW STARTING TO STEP BACK A LITTLE MORE SO, BUT WHILE WE VOLUNTARILY BENCHED OURSELVES, OTHER COUNTRY, CHINA, EUROPE, CANADA AND OTHERS, ARE STEPPING RIGHT AROUND US, CUTTING AGREEMENTS TO CREATE JOBS AND SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AND SO U. |
| 03:04:03 | S. FARMERS, U. |
| 03:04:04 | S. BUSINESSES, U. |
| 03:04:05 | S. MANUFACTURERS, U. |
| 03:04:06 | S. SERVICE COMPANIES, U. |
| 03:04:07 | S. WORKERS FIND THEMSELVES AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THIS WHITE HOUSE THIS CONGRESS IS MORE INTERESTED IN SPECIAL INTERESTS THAN IN THE INTERESTS OF OUR WORKERS, OF OUR ECONOMY, OF OUR JOBS. |
| 03:04:21 | SO, TONIGHT I WOULD SAY RESPECTFULLY TO OUR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, TO THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER AND A PARTNER IN CREATING JOBS, REPUBLICANS ARE HERE. |
| 03:04:35 | WE HAVE SOLUTIONS, WE'RE READY TO FIGHT FOR JOBS, WE'VE GOT TO TACKLE THE DEBT, WE'VE GOT TO CREATE INCENTIVES TO CREATE JOBS, WE'VE GOT TO STOP FRIGHTENING CONSUMERS, FRIGHTENING WORKERS AND IF WE DO THAT, AMERICA'S CAPABLE OF BOUNCING BACK AND GETTING THIS ECONOMY ON THE RIGHT PATH AGAIN. |
| 03:04:56 | MR. |
| 03:04:57 | PRESIDENT, WORK WITH US TO GET AMERICA STRONG AGAIN. |
| 03:05:00 | WITH THAT, MR. |
| 03:05:01 | SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 03:05:06 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 03:05:30 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN -- UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN, MR. |
| 03:05:40 | SCHAUER, IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60 MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE MAJORITY LEADER. |
| 03:05:44 | MR. |
| 03:05:45 | SCHAUER: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 03:05:46 | SPEAKER. |
| 03:05:47 | IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, ESPECIALLY TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN. |
| 03:05:58 | NO STATE HAS SUFFERED MORE UNDER THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION THAN THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN. |
| 03:06:08 | WE'RE VERY RESILIENT PEOPLE AND I WILL SAY FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND, AND FOR EVERYONE WATCHING, THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN AND MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY NEVER CAME OUT OF THE LAST ECONOMIC RECESSION. |
| 03:06:27 | THIS -- AS A -- AS A FIRST-TERM MEMBER OF CONGRESS, I REMEMBER BEING SWORN IN JUST ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS JANUARY OF 2009, THAT WE LEARNED THAT OUR ECONOMY HAD BEEN IN RECESSION FOR A FULL YEAR. |
| 03:06:49 | FOR A FULL YEAR. |
| 03:06:51 | SO MY FRESHMAN COLLEAGUES AND I, REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE THEY COME FROM, ALL WALK IN A YEAR INTO THE DEEPEST ECONOMIC RECESSION SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| 03:07:06 | CLOSEST THING I CAN REMEMBER WAS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE IN THE EARLY 1980'S, NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A JOB. |
| 03:07:16 | AND IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AT THAT TIME. |
| 03:07:20 | BUT THAT'S THE STORY OF MANY IN MICHIGAN. |
| 03:07:24 | IT'S HIT MY FAMILY JUST LIKE PRACTICALLY EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA. |
| 03:07:32 | SO WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING, AND I'LL BE JOINED BY SOME OF MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES IS REALLY WHERE ARE WE IN AMERICA WITH OUR ECONOMY, WHAT IS THE POLICY DIRECTION THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING IN, WHAT IS THE CHOICE FOR AMERICA? |
| 03:07:48 | THIS IS A BODY, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE WHERE WE DISCUSS AND DEBATE THESE CHOICES AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HEAR WHAT MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SAY AND THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A COMPLETE PARTISAN DIFFERENCE. |
| 03:08:04 | I DON'T WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO FEEL THAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS LOOK FOR THAT COMMON GROUND. |
| 03:08:12 | BUT I THINK THE CHOICE IS VERY CLEAR. |
| 03:08:18 | DOES AMERICA AND OUR ECONOMY, OUR FRAGILE ECONOMY THAT IS RECOVERING, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND DIG OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC HOLE, THIS ECONOMIC MESS THAT WE'RE IN, OR DO WE GO BACKWARDS? |
| 03:08:38 | I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A QUOTE, AND I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, THIS IS A STATEMENT THAT ONE OF MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES MADE, ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS, HE WAS ON ONE OF THE SUNDAY MORNING TALK SHOWS, I DON'T GET TO WATCH THESE VERY OFTEN, I GUESS SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE NATIONAL SHOWS, "MEET THE PRESS," THIS SUNDAY, JULY 18, AND THE HOST OF THE SHOW SAID, I THINK WHAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS IF REPUBLICANS DO GET BACK IN POWER, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? |
| 03:09:22 | AND I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT. |
| 03:09:25 | BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT THAT HAS HELPED US MOVE IN A NEW DIRECTION. |
| 03:09:32 | WE HAVE A CONGRESS THAT I'M A PART OF THAT THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THAT IS WORKING TO MOVE US IN A NEW DIRECTION. |
| 03:09:40 | BUT CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS OF TEXAS SAID, HERE'S HIS QUOTE. |
| 03:09:45 | WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE EXACT SAME AGENDA. |
| 03:09:50 | WELL, THAT IS THE CHOICE. |
| 03:09:51 | DO WE AS A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS A CONGRESS, GO BACK TO THOSE EXACT SAME POLICIES THAT CREATED THIS ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE, OR DO WE MOVE IN A NEW DIRECTION? |
| 03:10:08 | DO WE CONTINUE IN THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN? |
| 03:10:10 | I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AS A MEMBER FROM MICHIGAN, WHERE OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS STILL SLIGHTLY OVER 13% IN MY DISTRICT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN, IT'S SLIGHTLY UNDER THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE GRADUALLY DIGGING OUT OF THIS HOLE. |
| 03:10:32 | OR DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POLICIES THAT CREATED THIS ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE? |
| 03:10:41 | THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. |
| 03:10:46 | WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, IS ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS THAT CREATED THIS ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE. |
| 03:10:56 | IT'S A CATASTROPHE. I'LL TELL YOU PEARNL STORY. |
| 03:10:59 | MY SON-IN-LAW, A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN, A TRADE THAT SHOULD GUARANTEE YOU EMPLOYABILITY FOR SURE FOR LIFE, WITH INTERMITTENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S THE NATURE OF THAT BUSINESS, HE WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR. |
| 03:11:22 | MARRIED TO OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER, WHO IS A NURSE. |
| 03:11:24 | THEY HAD A BABY. |
| 03:11:28 | SHE WAS ON MATERNITY LEAVE AND OUR SON-IN-LAW, PAUL, LIVING IN YPSILANTI, JUST OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT, WAS LAID OFF FROM A STEEL MILL WHERE HE'D BEEN EMPLOYED FOR SOME TIME FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR. |
| 03:11:48 | THAT'S THE STORY, THAT'S THE RESULT OF ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT THIS CONGRESS INHERITED. |
| 03:11:52 | BUT WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? |
| 03:11:57 | UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN IDEOLOGY UNDER THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION, THAT SAID, YOU KNOW WE NEED TO LET THE MARKETPLACE REGULATE ITSELF. |
| 03:12:10 | WELL, I REMEMBER ABOUT A MONTH OR SO BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION, EVEN ALAN GREENSPAN, THE FORMER FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN, SAID, I WAS WRONG. |
| 03:12:22 | I THOUGHT WALL STREET, I THOUGHT THE MARKETS COULD REGULATE THEMSELVES. |
| 03:12:27 | AND WE SAW THE MELTDOWN THAT RESULTED FROM THAT. |
| 03:12:32 | A GAMBLING MENTALITY ON WALL STREET THAT PLAYED A CRUEL GAME THAT AFFECTED MILLIONS OF FAMILIES. |
| 03:12:40 | AND IT WAS A GAME OF HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE. |
| 03:12:47 | GAMBLING IRRESPONSIBLY WITH RETIREMENT SAVINGS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 03:12:55 | SO THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT WILL SIGN A LANDMARK WALL STREET REFORM BILL THAT WILL CRACK DOWN ON THE BIG BANKS THAT WILL PROTECT CONSUMERS, AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CONSUMER PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN DECADES, AND IT WILL BRING GREATER ECONOMIC SECURITY TO FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. |
| 03:13:23 | ECONOMIC SECURITY TO FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. |
| 03:13:28 | AND MY WIFE AND I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS. |
| 03:13:32 | SHE RUNS THE BUSINESS, IT'S HER BUSINESS, SHE EMPLOYS THREE PEOPLE. |
| 03:13:38 | SHE'S THINKING ABOUT EMPLOYING ANOTHER PERSON, PROBABLY PART-TIME. |
| 03:13:42 | THAT'S THE STORY OF AMERICA. |
| 03:13:44 | IT'S BUSINESSES THAT WENT BANKRUPT DURING THIS WALL STREET MELTDOWN AND FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR HOMES, BUT THIS WALL STREET REFORM BILL PUTS IN PLACE THE STRONGEST CONSUME BROTHER TEXTS IN HISTORY WITH AN INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG WHO -- WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO ENFORCE THOSE LAWS AND LOOK OUT FOR THE AMERICAN CONSUMER. |
| 03:14:14 | LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT ALAN GREENSPAN SAID. |
| 03:14:17 | HE SAID, I THOUGHT THE MARKETS, I THOUGHT WALL STREET COULD REGULATE ITSELF. |
| 03:14:23 | I WAS WRONG. |
| 03:14:24 | NOW, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE SOMEHOW ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS LEGISLATION IS SOMEHOW, TO USE THEIR WORDS, ANOTHER BAILOUT. |
| 03:14:37 | WELL WE SAW THE BAILOUT THAT RESULTED FROM THE REPUBLICAN PHILOSOPHY OF DEREGULATION. |
| 03:14:47 | WE SAW THE COMPLETE, ALMOST COMPLETE MELTDOWN OF OUR ECONOMY, AND WE SAW THE RESULT OF THAT. |
| 03:14:56 | THIS MENTALITY. IT'S A SIMILAR APPROACH TO PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS RESULTED IN THIS CATASTROPHIC OIL SPILL, THE B. |
| 03:15:07 | P. OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. |
| 03:15:10 | BUT THE REFORMS IN THIS WALL STREET REFORM BILL WILL PROTECT CONSUMERS WHEN THEY TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE OR SIGN UP FOR A CREDIT CARD. |
| 03:15:22 | IT WILL PREVENT THE KIND OF SHADOWY DEALS THAT LED THAT -- LED TO THIS CRISIS AND WILL NEVER AGAIN PUT TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR WALL STREET'S MISTAKES. |
| 03:15:32 | NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BAILOUT. |
| 03:15:35 | I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO MY CONSTITUENTS AT HOME, I SAID, WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, I NEVER WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THAT BAILOUT AND WHEN I HAD A VOTE IN A NUMBER OF -- AND A NUMBER OF US TOOK THIS POSITION, VOTED AGAINST THE SECOND PART OF THIS BAILOUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THE BAILOUT WAS THAT IT PUT MORE MONEY IN THE HANDS OF THE BIG BANKS AND ACTUALLY CAUSED ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN THE FIRST PLACE, THOSE BIG WALL STREET BANKS REFUSED TO LEND TO SMALL MANUFACTURERS, TOOL AND DYE SHOPS, MACHINE SHOPS, AUTO SUPPLIERS, THOSE BUSINESSES THAT I WORK WITH EVERY DAY IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE DIVERSIFYING INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY, DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, AND SO MANY WAYS TO CREATE JOHNS BUT THESE BIG BANKS EVEN THAT WERE BAILED OUT WOULDN'T LEND TO THEM. |
| 03:16:41 | SO UNDER THIS WALL STREET REFORM LEGISLATION, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE TAXPAYER, WILL NEVER BE STUCK WITH THE TAB AGAIN. |
| 03:16:48 | NEVER UNDER THIS DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATION. |
| 03:16:52 | THAT FINALLY PASSED THE SENATE AND I WILL COMMEND SOME OF MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE THAT SAW THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 03:17:04 | DESPITE THE BENEFITS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL ENJOY FROM THESE REFORMS THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE HOUSE IS ALREADY CALLING FOR ITS REPEAL. |
| 03:17:16 | SO EVEN BEFORE THE PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED THIS BILL, WHICH HE WILL DO THIS WEEK, THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS CALLED FOR ITS REPEAL. |
| 03:17:29 | BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. |
| 03:17:32 | AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD TO GO BACKWARD TO THE DAYS WHEN OUR FINANCIAL LAWS WERE WRITTEN BY THE CORPORATE LOBBYISTS. |
| 03:17:43 | AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT CORPORATE LOBBYISTS THE WALL STREET BANKS AND THEIR LOBBYISTS WERE HUDDLING WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AS THE HOUSE WAS TAKING UP THIS LEGISLATION. |
| 03:17:58 | ACTUALLY, TRYING TO KILL THIS LEGISLATION. |
| 03:18:03 | DEVISING A PLAN, COMING UP WITH LANGUAGE, TRYING TO FOOL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THIS HISTORIC WALL STREET REFORM LEGISLATION WAS ANOTHER BAILOUT WHEN IT COULDN'T BE ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. |
| 03:18:15 | FAILURE TO ACT WOULD DOOM US TO REPEAT THE SAME KIND OF ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE THAT THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE. |
| 03:18:27 | SO TO MOVE FORWARD, WE NOT ONLY NEED TO DEMAND GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY FROM WALL STREET WE NEED TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING ON MAIN STREET. |
| 03:18:37 | THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE FACING THE LOSS OF THEIR HOME, THE LOSS OF THEIR BUSINESS, LOOKING FOR CAPITAL FOR BASIC LOANS TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESSES, THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT IS -- AND DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE FIGHTING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF TO AMERICAN WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF IN THIS RECESSION DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. |
| 03:19:04 | IT IS TRAGIC THAT MILLIONS OF WORKERS AND 23,000 IN MY DISTRICT ALONE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN WERE FACING LOSING THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND TALK ABOUT A FAILED IDEOLOGY. |
| 03:19:23 | EVEN JOHN MCCAIN'S OWN ECONOMIST TOLD US, US COLLECTIVELY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AND IT IS INSURANCE, IT IS A FORM OF INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE THAT IS PROVIDED TO A FAMILY OF A LAID OFF WORKER, THERE IS A DOLLAR -- THERE IS $1. |
| 03:19:52 | 61 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. |
| 03:19:54 | SO NOT ONLY WERE THE REPUBLICANS HOLDING HOSTAGE FAMILIES WHO ARE LOSING THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN A TOUGH ECONOMY, IN A RECESSION CAUSED BY THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEY WERE ALSO HOLDING OUR ECONOMY HOSTAGE. |
| 03:20:19 | WHERE THESE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OF ABOUT -- IT'S LESS THAN WAGES THAT PEOPLE WERE EARNING. |
| 03:20:30 | BUT THOSE DOLLARS WERE ACTUALLY BEING PUT INTO LOCAL GROCERY STORES, LOCAL GAS STATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THERE WAS $1. |
| 03:20:40 | 61 OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. |
| 03:20:45 | BUT THOSE EMERGENCY BENEFITS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS ARE IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE THOSE SAME REPUBLICANS WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SPENDING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS ARE NOW SAYING WE SHOULDN'T OFFER RELIEF TO MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES WHO REALLY NEED HELP. |
| 03:21:04 | SO, WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC STORM, AN ECONOMIC STORM. |
| 03:21:10 | AND THE CHOICE IS A VERY CLEAR ONE. |
| 03:21:14 | DO WE REBUILD OUR ECONOMIC FOUNDATION FOR A STRONGER FUTURE OR DO WE RETURN TO THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION? |
| 03:21:24 | LET'S HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON HERE. |
| 03:21:29 | WHEN I CAME TO OFFICE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WHEN BARACK OBAMA CAME TO OFFICE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, OUR ECONOMY WAS LOSING AN AVERAGE OF 750,000 JOBS EACH MONTH, 750,000 JOBS EACH MONTH WERE BEING LOST IN THIS ECONOMY. |
| 03:21:50 | DURING THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION OUR ECONOMY LOST AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 640,000 JOBS. |
| 03:22:04 | IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS WE HAVE ADDED AN AVERAGE OF 174,000 JOBS. |
| 03:22:12 | SO LET'S DO THE COMPARISON. |
| 03:22:13 | NOW, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYONE IN MY DISTRICT OR IN MY STATE IN MICHIGAN THAT WE ARE ANYWHERE WHERE WE NEED TO BE. |
| 03:22:24 | FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT. |
| 03:22:27 | NATIONALLY THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS STILL 9. |
| 03:22:30 | 5%. WE ARE DIGGING OUT OF THIS HOLE, WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. |
| 03:22:33 | BUT IF YOU LOOK AT -- DURING THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, OW ECONOMY LOST AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 6 -- OUR ECONOMY LOST AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 640,000 JOBS. |
| 03:22:43 | IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OUR NATION'S ECONOMY HAS ADDED AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 174,000 JOBS. |
| 03:22:53 | SO, IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, THAT'S A SWING OF ALMOST 800,000 JOBS, ALMOST 800,000 JOBS A MONTH NET INCREASE. |
| 03:23:08 | LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC HEALTH AS A WHOLE. |
| 03:23:13 | DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THE ECONOMY SHRUNK BY OVER 5%, ALMOST 5. |
| 03:23:23 | 5%, ALMOST 5. |
| 03:23:27 | 5%. OUR ECONOMY WAS SHRINKING. |
| 03:23:30 | HELLO. |
| 03:23:32 | I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE STOCK AND I HEARD IT EARLIER TODAY ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, THEIR MANTRA IS, WHERE ARE THE JOBS? |
| 03:23:40 | WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ASKING THAT QUESTION IN JANUARY OF 2009 OR A YEAR PRIOR TO THAT WHEN THE RECESSION BEGAN OR WHEN THE ECONOMY COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF WALL STREET'S BEHAVIOR. |
| 03:24:02 | SO, WHERE -- WHERE WAS THE CRY WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS SHRINKING BY ALMOST 5. |
| 03:24:11 | 5%? AND WE WERE LOSING ON AVERAGE 640,000 JOBS A MONTH? |
| 03:24:17 | NOW, DURING THE LAST THREE QUARTERS, SO THE LAST NINE MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE MOST RECENT ECONOMIC GROWTH IS 2. |
| 03:24:32 | 7%. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. |
| 03:24:34 | IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. |
| 03:24:35 | BUT WE ARE SEEING THE ECONOMY GRADUALLY BEGINNING TO REBOUND. |
| 03:24:42 | BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHICH PATH DO WE TAKE? |
| 03:24:48 | AND THE CHOICE IS VERY CLEAR TO ME. |
| 03:24:52 | WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY OWN DISTRICT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND WE'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE STATE IS A TRANSFORMATION OF OUR ECONOMY. |
| 03:25:01 | NOW, WHAT I HAVE TOLD THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PERSONALLY, SOME OF HIS CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISORS, IS THAT OUR RECOVERY HAS ONE HANDS TIED BEHIND OUR BACK. |
| 03:25:13 | ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IS THAT THE BIG WALL STREET BANKS HAVE REFUSED TO LEND TO BUSINESSES, MANUFACTURERS, A LOT OF THESE ARE SMALL AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS, SUPPLIERS IN THE AVIATION AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, DEFENSE INDUSTRY. |
| 03:25:34 | I TALKED TO -- I TOLD A STORY ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ABOUT A BANK IN MY DISTRICT, CITIZENS BANK, I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN, THAT HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH A COMPANY IN MY DISTRICT, R. |
| 03:25:53 | T.D. MANUFACTURING, FOR MANY YEARS. |
| 03:25:56 | THIS COMPANY WON AN ARMY CONTRACT, WON AN ARMY CONTRACT TO BUILD A BRACKET TO GO ON A MINE-RESISTANT VEHICLE, AN MRAP, IN AFGHANISTAN, TO PROTECT OUR WAR FIGHTERS. |
| 03:26:12 | AND THIS BANK WOULD NOT MAKE THE LOAN. |
| 03:26:16 | THEIR LOAN OFFICER SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE FIRED IF THEY MADE A LOAN TO A MICHIGAN MANUFACTURER. |
| 03:26:24 | THIS WAS A BANK THAT WAS BAILED OUT BY THE TAXPAYERS AND SO WE -- OUR RECOVERY WOULD BE MUCH FURTHER ALONG IF THESE BANKS THAT WERE BAILED OUT BY THE TAXPAYER DUE TO FAILED ECONOMIC POLICIES WOULD ACTUALLY USE THAT MONEY AND INVEST IT IN BUSINESSES THAT WERE HANGING ON AND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO GROW. |
| 03:26:55 | BUT WHAT I AM SEEING IN MY DISTRICT ARE BUSINESSES JUST LIKE R. |
| 03:27:01 | T.D. MANUFACTURING THAT ARE WORKING HARD, THEY'RE DIVERSIFYING FROM, IN THIS CASE THEY WERE 100% AUTOMOTIVE AND HAD BEGUN DOING WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROTECT OUR WAR FIGHTERS. |
| 03:27:18 | THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT IS HAVING AN IMPACT IN MY DISTRICT AND ALL AROUND OUR STATE. |
| 03:27:26 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MAY KNOW THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN HOL LAND, MICHIGAN, ABOUT -- HOL AND, MICHIGAN, ABOUT -- HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, ABOUT AN HOUR AND HALF FROM WHERE I LIVE, AT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW BATTERY PLANT, FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. |
| 03:27:44 | 400 NEW JOBS IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED FOR THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. |
| 03:27:52 | NOW, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BATTERY PLANT IN MICHIGAN THAT HAS BEEN JUMP STARTED BY AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT DOLLARS. |
| 03:28:03 | THERE'S A COMPANY IN MY DISTRICT IN BATTLE CREAK, IT'S CALLED TOTA AMERICA, THAT RECEIVED $35 BILLION IN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDSES TO ATTRACT THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT, TO LOCATE THIS BATTERY FACILITY THERE. |
| 03:28:24 | IT COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND BECAUSE OF A PROACTIVE POLICY TO INVEST IN CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, IN THIS CASE FOR THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, AND I THINK THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO ASK IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE HERE IN AMERICA OR ARE WE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BUYING EVERYTHING FROM SOUTH KOREA FROM CHINA, FROM JAPAN, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OF OUR GLOBAL COMPETITORS? |
| 03:28:56 | WE HAVE PUT A STAKE IN THE GROUND THAT IN MICHIGAN, AND THERE ARE STORIES LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT WE WILL MAKE THINGS HERE AND IN THIS CASE AS A RESULT OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT WE ARE MAKING BATTERIES FOR VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE, WE ARE MAKING TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR WAR FIGHTERS. |
| 03:29:19 | I WANT TO TELL YOU ANOTHER GREAT STORY ABOUT A WINDS ENERGY CLUST THAT ARE DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. |
| 03:29:31 | IT HAPPENED IN PART BECAUSE OF OILS -- POLICIES THAT THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE ADOPTED, SOME OF WHICH WERE PUT IN PLACE WHEN I WAS STILL IN THE LEGISLATURE THERE, BUT INVESTMENT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR -- TO HELP WINDS ENERGY COMPANIES. |
| 03:29:49 | AND THERE IS A NEW COMPANY IN EATEN RAPIDDED, -- RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -- EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, THAT IS CREATING THE BEST TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD TO DEVELOP WINDS MILL BLADES AND WIND MILL TURBINE COMPONENTS AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ATTRACTED -- THIS IS A GREAT STORY AND WE OFTEN DON'T HEAR THIS FROM COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT -- BUT THERE IS A COMPANY BASED IN FINLAND THAT HAS A U. |
| 03:30:29 | S. SUBSIDIARY, IT'S CALLED URVUSA, THAT IS A FOUNDRY, WE USED TO HAVE FOUNDRIES ALL OVER MY STATE AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. |
| 03:30:42 | AND THIS COMPANY, URVUSA, ITS PARENT COMPANY IS IN FINLAND, IS LOCATING A FOUNDRY IN EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, TO MANUFACTURE SOME OF THE HEAVY COMPONENTS FOR WINDS MILL TURBINES. |
| 03:31:00 | SO WE HAVE A CLUSTER OF WINDS ENERGY COMPANIES LOCATING IN THIS TOWN OF ABOUT 2,500 PEOPLE, SOUTH OF LANSING. |
| 03:31:16 | THAT WILL BE THE HOME FOR THOUSANDS OF JOBS. |
| 03:31:24 | THOUSANDS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY JOBS. |
| 03:31:27 | AND THESE COMPANIES THERE ARE POSITIONING THEMSELVES TO ACTUALLY EXPORT THIS TECHNOLOGY, SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEATING THE COMPETITION FROM CHINA BUT IT IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BUILD IT FASTER, MORE CHEAPLY AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPORT THAT TECHNOLOGY. |
| 03:31:50 | SO, THE CHOICE IS, WHEN MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SAY, WHERE ARE THE JOBS, IS WHAT POLICIES DO WE PUT FORWARD HERE? |
| 03:32:04 | AND DO WE CONTINUE THE POLICIES THAT ARE CREATING JOBS, THEY'RE TRANSFORMING OUR ECONOMY, OR DO WE GO BACKWARDS TO WHAT CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS SAYS, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE COMPACT SAME AGENDA. |
| 03:32:22 | THIS IS THE AGENDA -- EXACT SAME AGENDA. |
| 03:32:23 | THIS IS THE AGENDA THAT NEARLY BANKRUPTED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THAT DRAINED THE RETIREMENT FUNDSES OF MILLIONS OF SENIOR CITIZENS, SAW MANY -- SAW THE DREAM OF RETIREMENT SLIP AWAY FOR MANY AMERICANS AND REALLY LEFT US WITH AN ECONOMY COMPLETELY ON ITS KNEES. |
| 03:33:01 | THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, IT'S VERY MUCH A PART OF MICHIGAN'S PAST AND PART OF MICHIGAN'S PRESENT AND I HOPE PART OF MICHIGAN'S FUTURE, TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN AMERICA HAS INCREASED 8. |
| 03:33:19 | 2% DURING THE PAST YEAR. |
| 03:33:21 | THAT IS THE LARGEST 12-MONTH GAIN SINCE 1998. |
| 03:33:26 | I NEED TO REPEAT THAT BECAUSE I -- YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE WOULD MAKE YOU THINK THAT THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES WE FACE MAGICALLY BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 2009. |
| 03:33:44 | BUT TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MAKING THINGS, MAKING THINGS IN AMERICA HAS INCREASED 8. |
| 03:33:51 | 2% DURING THE PAST YEAR. |
| 03:33:53 | THE LARGEST 12-MONTH GAIN SINCE 1998. |
| 03:33:59 | IN JUNE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED . |
| 03:34:03 | 1%, IT GREW AT A 7% ANNUAL RATE IN THE FIRST QUARTER, 6. |
| 03:34:12 | 6% RATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND THIS RAPID INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION IS CONSISTENT WITH SOLID GROWTH FOR OUR NATION'S ECONOMY. |
| 03:34:21 | THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESEARCH. |
| 03:34:23 | DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. |
| 03:34:25 | THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE. |
| 03:34:27 | TRADE, WHICH IS AN ISSUE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, I WAS RECENTLY NAMED TO THE PRESIDENT'S EXPORT COUNCIL, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES TO SELL THEIR GOODS ABROAD AND TO TEAR DOWN TRADE BARRIERS LIKE I'M WORKING WON CHINA TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERICAN COMPANIES CAN COMPETE. |
| 03:34:46 | BUT NOMINAL EXPORTS ARE UP 21% FROM A YEAR AGO. |
| 03:34:51 | IN MAY, NOMINAL EXPORTS GREW RAPIDLY BY 3. |
| 03:34:58 | -- $3.5 BILLION OR 2. |
| 03:35:00 | 4%. YEAR TO DATE EXPORTS ARE UP 18% FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE LAST YEAR. |
| 03:35:08 | SO, WE HAVE GOT A BIG HOLE TO DIG OUT OF. |
| 03:35:12 | REMEMBER, THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, OUR ECONOMY, OUR COUNTRY LOST AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 640,000 JOBS JUST IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS -- JOBS. |
| 03:35:26 | JUST IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS WE'VE ADDED AN AVERAGE OF 174,000 JOBS. |
| 03:35:32 | THERE IS A SWING. |
| 03:35:33 | WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. |
| 03:35:36 | INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS FELL BY 29,000 IN THE WEEK THAT ENDED JULY 10. |
| 03:35:47 | TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED. |
| 03:35:49 | AND THAT'S -- I WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR A JOB HAS A JOB. |
| 03:35:58 | SPENDING IN CORE RETAIL SALES ROSE BY . |
| 03:36:05 | 2% IN JUNE. |
| 03:36:16 | . THE LARGEST THREE-MONTH INCREASE SINCE LAST JULY. |
| 03:36:23 | SO, THERE ARE SIGNS OF PROGRESS. |
| 03:36:26 | I THINK THE QUESTION AGAIN IS DO WE MOVE FORWARD OR DO WE GO BACK TO THE EXACT SAME AGENDA? |
| 03:36:39 | THAT IS THE CHOICE. |
| 03:36:41 | I'M NOT WILLING TO GO BACK. |
| 03:36:43 | TOO MANY PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE HURTING. |
| 03:36:47 | AND TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE HURTING. |
| 03:36:51 | AND CANDIDLY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST HOPE. |
| 03:36:55 | BUT WE MUST CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE MUST PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OVER ANY POLITICAL AGENDA. |
| 03:37:03 | YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO PUT THE NEXT ELECTION BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 03:37:10 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST COME FIRST. |
| 03:37:14 | THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS AND IN NEW ECONOMIC SECTORS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS STAND FOR. |
| 03:37:26 | AND WE WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR. |
| 03:37:33 | I ALSO WANT TO MENTION AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MANUFACTURING AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS. |
| 03:37:41 | I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A VERY VIGOROUS DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDLY ABOUT WHOSE SIDE WE'RE ON AND WE MUST BE ON THE SIDE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 03:37:55 | I HAVE BEEN PUSHING IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS. |
| 03:38:02 | I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN RESPONSE TO A VERY REAL SITUATION THAT A COMPANY IN MY DISTRICT FACES, FULL SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS. |
| 03:38:17 | THEY MAKE HIGH-TECH ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING. |
| 03:38:21 | AND THEY HAVE BEEN MORE AND MORE MAKING THEIR LIGHT FIXTURES IN AMERICA FROM SUPPLIERS ALL OVER MY STATE AND ALL OVER THE MIDWEST. |
| 03:38:35 | AND THEY HAVE BEEN BIDDING ON ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING CONTRACTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. |
| 03:38:44 | THEY RECEIVED AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT FUNDS. |
| 03:38:47 | UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THEIR COMPETITORS WERE -- AND THERE ARE BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS. |
| 03:38:55 | AND I WAS ASKED BY A REPORTER TODAY WHY ARE BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS IMPORTANT? |
| 03:39:00 | HERE'S THE POINT. |
| 03:39:02 | AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT DOLLARS ARE YOUR TAX DOLLARS. |
| 03:39:07 | SO, I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT A LITTLE COMMON SENSE OUT OF THEIR GOVERNMENT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OF. |
| 03:39:17 | BUT THEY EXPECT THAT THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE USED TO CREATE JOBS HERE IN AMERICA AND NOT JOBS IN CHINA. |
| 03:39:25 | AND SO, THERE IS A BUY AMERICAN PROVISION IN THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT. |
| 03:39:32 | WHAT FULL SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS FOUND WAS SOME OF THEIR COMPETITORS WERE TAKING LIGHT FIXTURES MADE IN CHINA AND PUTTING A LABEL ON THESE LIGHT FIXTURES THAT SAYS MADE IN THE U. |
| 03:39:48 | S.A. TO DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT, DEFRAUD THE TAXPAYERS. |
| 03:39:53 | AND HURT AMERICAN COMPANIES. |
| 03:39:58 | AND COST US AMERICAN JOBS. |
| 03:40:01 | SO, I WORKED WITH THE C. |
| 03:40:03 | E.O. OF FULL SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS AND WENT DOWN EVERY PATH TO FIND RELIEF FOR THIS COMPANY. |
| 03:40:12 | WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, THE U. |
| 03:40:20 | S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. |
| 03:40:21 | NO RELIEF. |
| 03:40:24 | NO MECHANISM FOR RELIEF FOR COMPLAINTS OF COMPETITORS CHEATING AND MISLABELING THEIR PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA. |
| 03:40:33 | SO I WROTE THE VICE PRESIDENT ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND I RECEIVED A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC RESPONSE THAT WILL -- THAT IS CREATING A NEW HOTLINE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR COMPLAINTS OF COMPANIES THAT ARE MISLABELING THEIR PRODUCTS AS MADE IN THE U. |
| 03:40:52 | S.A. A MEANS TO INVESTIGATE THESE COMPLAINTS. |
| 03:40:56 | AND A NOTICE TO ALL RECIPIENTS, GRANT RECIPIENTS OF THESE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT FUNDS TO BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES, UNFORTUNATELY SOME AMERICAN COMPANIES THAT ARE DEFRAUDING THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AND CHEATING AND USING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO BUY GOODS MADE IN CHINA RATHER THAN GOODS MADE IN AMERICA. |
| 03:41:24 | I RECEIVED THIS VERY SPECIFIC RESPONSE AND IT UNDERSCORED JUST WHAT WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR. |
| 03:41:29 | WE NEED TO BE FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN WORKERS, AMERICAN COMPANIES AND STRENGTHEN THESE BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS. |
| 03:41:38 | I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING UP LEGISLATION, DEMOCRATIC-SPONSORED, HOPEFULLY BIPARTISAN, BUT DEMOCRATIC BILLS THAT I CO-SPONSORED AS A PART OF THE HOUSE BIPARTISAN TRADE WORKING GROUP THAT WILL STRENGTHEN BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS. |
| 03:41:56 | I TALKED ABOUT A WEEK AGO ABOUT ANOTHER FAIR TRADE BILL WITH CHINA. |
| 03:42:06 | WE ARE LETTING CHINA EAT THE LUNCHES OF AMERICAN WORKERS. |
| 03:42:11 | WE ARE LETTING THEM DO IT. |
| 03:42:12 | CHINA, WHEN THEY JOIN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001 NEVER SIGNED THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT. |
| 03:42:20 | THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT SETS THE TERMS FOR COMPANIES IN ONE COUNTRY TO BID ON AND COMPETE FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. |
| 03:42:29 | WELL, CHINA, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, JUST LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY MANIPULATE THEIR CURRENCY. |
| 03:42:35 | JUST LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY STEAL OUR PATENTS, OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, JUST LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHEN SUBSIDIZING THE COMPANIES AND PLAYING FIELD IN THEIR FAVOR. |
| 03:42:50 | SO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE LAST NINE YEARS HAS BLOCKED OUR COMPANIES FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT WHILE FOR SOME REASON -- I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT YET -- WE ARE ALLOWING CHINESE COMPANIES TO BID ON AND WIN CONTRACTS WITH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAID FOR BY YOUR TAX DOLLARS. |
| 03:43:17 | I DON'T THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE IN MIND WE USE THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO CREATE JOBS IN CHINA RATHER THAN JOBS IN AMERICA. |
| 03:43:26 | MY BILL, H. |
| 03:43:28 | R. 5312 IS VERY SIMPLE. |
| 03:43:29 | FEAS A -- IT'S A RESIP ROW CALL TRADE BILL. |
| 03:43:36 | IT -- RESIP RO CALL TRADE BILL. |
| 03:43:39 | IT SAYS TO CHINA THAT THEIR COMPANIES CAN DO THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT OF BUSINESS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AS OUR COMPANIES CAN DO WITH OUR GOVERNMENT. |
| 03:43:51 | NOW, WHEN I CAME TO WASHINGTON FROM MY HOME IN BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A FORD MOTOR COMPANY ENGINEER ON THE PLAIN AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. |
| 03:44:04 | I TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE EVERYWHERE I GO. |
| 03:44:10 | A AND I SAID DO YOU MANUFACTURE IN CHINA? |
| 03:44:12 | HE SAYS, YEAH WE, WE MANUFACTURE IN CHINA. |
| 03:44:17 | AND I SAID, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH GOVERNMENT IN CHINA, RIGHT, FOR ANY OF THEIR VEHICLE PURCHASES, MOTOR POOLS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE? |
| 03:44:29 | HE SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. |
| 03:44:34 | SO I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, CHINA CAN DO BUSINESS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BLOCKING OUR COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT. |
| 03:44:43 | EVEN WHEN THEY'RE MAKING -- EVEN WHEN THEY ARE MANUFACTURING IN CHINA. |
| 03:44:51 | OUR COMPANIES ARE INVESTING THERE. |
| 03:44:53 | THEY ARE MAKING THEIR PRODUCTS THERE. |
| 03:44:57 | EVEN WITH THAT, CHINA'S POLICY -- THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. |
| 03:45:03 | THEY DIDN'T SIGN THIS GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT NINE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. |
| 03:45:10 | AND THEY ARE PLAYING US FOR FOOLS. |
| 03:45:14 | YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE IN MICHIGAN, WE HAVE LOST $68,000 JOBS DUE TO CHINA'S UN-- 68,000 JOBS DUE TO CHINA'S UNFAIR TRADE POLICY. |
| 03:45:32 | IN MY DISTRICT -- I REPRESENT SEVEN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN, 2,700 JOBS. |
| 03:45:40 | THAT'S THE SIZE OF A MEDIUM-SIZED VILLAGE WITHIN MY DISTRICT -- WIPED OUT, COMPLETELY, BECAUSE OF CHINA'S UNFAIR TRADE. |
| 03:45:54 | SO I WANT TO STOP IN A MOMENT AND I WANT TO YIELD AN OUTSTANDING LEADER, CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FROM FLORIDA, TO TALK ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. |
| 03:46:09 | I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CHOICE. |
| 03:46:12 | I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CHOICE. |
| 03:46:15 | WE MOVE FORWARD AND DIG OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC HOLE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILED ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND ONE OF OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ON A NATIONAL PRESS SHOW ON SUNDAY, WHEN ASKED -- THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT POLICY. |
| 03:46:36 | THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THEY WERE ASKED TO TALK ABOUT MEDICARE, THEIR SOLUTION WAS VOUCHERIZE MEDICARE AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T LIKE THE TERM THAT IS REALLY TRUE ABOUT THEIR POSITION ON SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 03:46:53 | THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT POLICY IDEAS. |
| 03:46:56 | WHEN THEY WERE ASKED IF REPUBLICANS GET BACK INTO POWER, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO. |
| 03:47:03 | PETE SESSIONS SAID WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE EXACT SAME AGENDA A WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR AMERICAN WORKERS AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MANUFACTURING FOR MAKING THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY. |
| 03:47:19 | AND I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT GREAT PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY, WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY, THE CHEVY VOLT, THE CHEVY VOLT WILL BE FIRST BATTERY ELECTRIC CAR WILL ROLL OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE IN OCTOBER IN MICHIGAN. |
| 03:47:42 | WE ARE MAKING THINGS. |
| 03:47:43 | AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF POLICY FORESIGHT THAT DEMOCRATS AND THIS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN PUTTING FORWARD AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUT FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY, WE WILL GO BACKWARDS. |
| 03:48:02 | SO WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. |
| 03:48:04 | I AM NOT SATISFIED. I SAID I WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL EVERY UNEMPLOYED WORKER IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S LOOKING FOR A JOB HAS A JOB, UNTIL SENIORS AGAIN FEEL SECURE WITH THE PROMISE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, THAT THESE ARE THE BASIC VALUES THAT I HOLD AND THIS IS THE FIGHT THAT I SIGNED UP FOR. |
| 03:48:29 | SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MICHIGAN, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HOME, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. |
| 03:48:38 | I EVEN TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT MY FAMILY AND SON-IN-LAW THAT HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A BETTER PART OF THE YEAR. |
| 03:48:48 | GOOD NEWS IS HE IS STILL IN MICHIGAN. |
| 03:48:50 | MOVED TO THE UPPER PENINSULA, WHERE MY WIFE CHRISTINE IS FROM, FROM THE UPPER PENINSULA, AND GOT A JOB THERE AND THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE. |
| 03:49:03 | BUT TOO MANY FAMILIES CAN'T TELL THAT STORY. |
| 03:49:06 | AND WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 03:49:12 | AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUE, DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, TO TALK ABOUT THIS CHOICE. |
| 03:49:22 | MS. |
| 03:49:23 | WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
| 03:49:27 | AND MY COLLEAGUE FROM MICHIGAN, MARK SCHAUER, WHO CARES SO PASSIONATELY AND SO DEEPLY ABOUT HIS DISTRICT, ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS IN MICHIGAN. |
| 03:49:38 | YOU HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING. |
| 03:49:44 | AND YOU KNOW THAT AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING. |
| 03:49:47 | YOU ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MICHIGAN, AS WE ALL HAVE BEEN COMING OUT OF. |
| 03:49:52 | AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE. |
| 03:49:58 | AMERICANS IN NOVEMBER ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHOICE. |
| 03:50:00 | WE CAN GO BACK TO THE AGENDA OF THE REPUBLICANS, WHICH NOW IS RIGHT THERE IN BLUE AND WHITE AND WHERE THEY CLEARLY HAVE SAID, MAKING NO BONES ABOUT IT, THAT THEY WOULD TAKE US BACK TO THE EXACT SAME AGENDA THAT THEY PURSUED BEFORE, WHICH INCLUDED FOCUSING ON TAX CUTS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS, NOT CARING IN THE LEAST ABOUT WORKING FAMILIES OR MIDDLE CLASS OR HAVING AN AGENDA THAT DID ANYTHING FOR ANYONE FOR WORKING FAMILIES OR THE MIDDLE CLASS, FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD ONLY SPEND TIME WORRYING ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND LEAVING WORKING FAMILIES TO TWIST IN THE WIND OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IN A NEW DIRECTION THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN THE COUNTRY UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA'S LEADERSHIP, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATS HERE IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, WHEN WE TOOK THE MAJORITY BACK IN 2006 AND END THE THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION THAT HUNG OVER THIS CAPITOL UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. |
| 03:51:21 | WE ENDED THE FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE WEALTHY AND TRIED TO TURN THINGS AROUND. |
| 03:51:28 | PRESIDENT OBAMA, ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, INHERITED AN ECONOMY WHERE WE WERE BLEEDING 700,000-PLUS JOBS A MONTH, A MONTH. |
| 03:51:37 | AND I'M NOT SURE IF MR. |
| 03:51:38 | SCHAUER TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT WE HAVE FAST-FORWARDED A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AND THE ECONOMY IS ADDING ABOUT 100,000 TO 125,000 JOBS A MONTH. |
| 03:51:51 | AND IF YOU LOOK AT MANUFACTURING AND THAT IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AREA FOR MICHIGAN, AMERICAN WORKERS ARE SO PROUD AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE, IN AMERICA, MAKE THINGS. |
| 03:52:02 | WE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE SURE THAT MACHINES RUN THAT THE MANUFACTURING THAT IS THE PROUD TRADITION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SHOULD CONTINUE. |
| 03:52:18 | WE HAVE HAD 11 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF GROWTH IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA'S LEADERSHIP, UNDER THE POLICIES, THE ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE. |
| 03:52:30 | AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR AMERICANS TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, WE HAVE BEGUN TO TURN THE CORNER, WE HAVE BEGUN TO TURN THINGS AROUND AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH HARD TO MAKE SURE WE CAN INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BALANCE THOSE INVESTMENTS WITH TAX CUTS TARGETED TO MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING FAMILIES. |
| 03:52:54 | . LAST YEAR, THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH IN THE LAST YEAR, WE INVESTED $787 BILLION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD CREATE THOSE JOBS AND INVEST IN PROJECTS THAT WERE READY TO GO SO WE COULD GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WHO LITERALLY WERE LEFT TWISTING IN THE WIND AFTER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DROVE US INTO A DITCH. |
| 03:53:18 | AND NOW YOU HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE, THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GOT -- DROVE US INTO THE DITCH IN THE FIRST PLACE, ARE ASKING TO GET THE KEYS BACK SO THEY CAN RETURN TO THE EXACT SAME AGENDA THAT THEY PURSUED DURING THE TIME THAT THEY WERE IN CHARGE. |
| 03:53:36 | WHY WE WOULD -- WHY AMERICANS WOULD GIVE THEM BACK THE KEYS WHEN THEY GOT USE IN THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BEYOND ME -- US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BEYOND ME BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING NONETHELESS. |
| 03:53:53 | THIS MORNING, A NUMBER OF US ON THE HOUSE FLOOR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE APPROACH OF SOCIAL SECURITY'S BIRTHDAY. |
| 03:53:59 | WE'RE APPROACHING THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 65 YEARS OF MAKING SURE THAT -- EXCUSE ME, 75 YEARS, 75 YEARS OF MAKING SURE THAT SOCIAL SECURITY PROVIDES THE SAFETY NET TO AMERICANS WHO ARE IN THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ENDS MEET EACH AND EVERY DAY. |
| 03:54:29 | AND AS MR. |
| 03:54:31 | SCHAUER SO RIGHTFULLY PUT IT, UNDER THE EXACT SAME AGENDA THAT THE REPUBLICANS PURSUED THEN WE WOULD RETURN TO AN EFFORT AND THEY READILY ADMIT THIS WE'LL RETURN TO THEIR EFFORT WHICH WAS FIRST PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 03:54:50 | WHAT PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY MEANS IS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO INVEST THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE STOCK MARKET. |
| 03:54:57 | NOW, IF YOU WATCHED THE VOLATILITY OF THE STOCK MARKET OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, I SHOULDER TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE SENIORS IN MY DISTRICT, MY SENIORS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, I SHOULDER TO THINK HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. |
| 03:55:17 | OVER THE LAST GOT -- ENDS MEET OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IF THEIR OCEAN SURET -- SOCIAL SECURITY INVESTMENTS EVAPORATED AFTER THE STOCK MARKETS DOWNTURNED. |
| 03:55:26 | WE HAD STOCK MARKETS DOWNTURNED, THEN IT WENT BACK UP AND THEN IT WENT BACK DOWN AGAIN. |
| 03:55:31 | THE STOCK MARKET IS NOT THE PLACE FOR FUNDS THAT ARE THERE AND DESIGNED TO BE A SAFETY NET. |
| 03:55:39 | IN MY HOME STATE 53% OF SENIORS WITHOUT SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD BE LIVING IN POVERTY. |
| 03:55:49 | POVERTY. |
| 03:55:50 | AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. |
| 03:55:52 | IF THAT'S THE AGENDA THAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO TAKE US BACK TO THEN AMERICANS NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THEY WOULD GO. |
| 03:56:01 | I WANT TO FOCUS ON SOME OTHER COMMENTS BECAUSE WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING SAID ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO THAT WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO, WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, WHICH MEMBER THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE REPRESENT THEM, THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS BEEN SAYING. |
| 03:56:26 | IF YOU RECALL MR. |
| 03:56:29 | SCHAUER, -- RECALL, MR. |
| 03:56:32 | SCHAUER, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTARY ON THE OTHER SIDE ABOUT THE STIMULUS, ABOUT THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. |
| 03:56:39 | I REMEMBER THAT MR. |
| 03:56:40 | CANTOR, THEIR REPUBLICAN WHIP, I REMEMBER HE ACTUALLY HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT THE STIMULUS HAS NOT PRODUCED JOBS. |
| 03:56:50 | NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PLANET HE'S BEEN LICKING ON, BUT ONE THING HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT, THE STIMULUS BILL CREATED MILLIONS OF JOBS. |
| 03:57:04 | WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO FROM BLEEDING 700,000-PLUS JOBS A MONTH TO ADDING ABOUT 100,000 PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS A MONTH WITHOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WAS MADE UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP. |
| 03:57:17 | NOW, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT MR. |
| 03:57:19 | CANTOR HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT THE STIMULUS PRODUCED NO JOBS, THAT DIDN'T PREVENT HIM FROM HOSTING A JOBS FARE WITH COMPANIES THAT RECEIVED $52 MILLION IN HIS COMMUNITY TO CREATE JOBS FROM THE STIMULUS. |
| 03:57:33 | HE ACTUALLY HELD A JOBS FAIR AT A VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL WITH A NUMBER OF PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT WERE SEEKING TO HIRE AND WHO BENEFITED FROM THE FUNDS IN THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT. |
| 03:57:45 | SO HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS ESSENTIALLY TRIED TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, BE OPPOSED TO THE STIMULUS, VOTE AGAINST THE STIMULUS, SAY THAT IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT THEN PAY CREDIT IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHEN THE CHECKS ARE BEING HANDED OUT AND THE CELEBRATIONS ARE BEING HAD FOR THE JOBS THAT ARE CREATED IN THEIR DISTRICTS BY THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. |
| 03:58:09 | AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DIRECTLY CALL ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HYPOCRITES, BUT THAT TYPE OF ACTION SEEMS PRETTY HYPOCRITICAL TO ME, MR. |
| 03:58:20 | TONKO. |
| 03:58:21 | I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE JOINED THIS EVENING BY MY GOOD FRIEND, MR. |
| 03:58:26 | TONKO FROM NEW YORK, WHO JOINS US EVERY WEEK, WEEK AFTER WEEK, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HELP AMERICA UNDERSTAND AND TALK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THIS ECONOMY HAS TURNED AROUND AND HOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE JOBS, BALANCE INVESTMENTS WITH TAX CUTTING POLICIES AND I'D BE HAPPY TO YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS COMMENTS. |
| 03:58:48 | MR. TONKO: THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE. |
| 03:58:50 | IT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO HAVE PEOPLE SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE APPROACH REFORM HERE IN WASHINGTON. |
| 03:58:57 | THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL SUGGEST THAT THE 8. |
| 03:59:01 | 2 MILLION JOBS LOST DURING THE BUSH RECESSION WERE A TREMENDOUS BLOW TO THIS NATION'S ECONOMY, TO WORKING FAMILIES, TO HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. |
| 03:59:11 | THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE $17. |
| 03:59:15 | 5 TRILLION WORTH OF HOUSEHOLD WEALTH LOST IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S FINAL STAGE OF HIS PRESIDENCY, SOME OF THAT'S BEEN RECAPTURED, RECOVERED, SOME $6 TRILLION. |
| 03:59:32 | BUT THAT PAINFUL OUTCOME IS SOMETIMES LOST, PEOPLE FORGET THAT THERE WERE THESE THERE WILLS OF DOLLARS LOST TO HOUSE -- THAT THERE WERE THESE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST TO HOUSEHOLD INCOMES. |
| 03:59:45 | WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK TO THOSE FAILED POLICIES? |
| 03:59:47 | AND TODAY WE JUST DO A TEST BASED ON OTHER DYNAMICS. |
| 03:59:53 | MEDICARE. THE REPUBLICANS SUGGEST WE SHOULD VOUCHER THE SYSTEM. |
| 03:59:56 | A -- ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO IN AND INVEST IN A PRIVATE INSURANCE PLAN. |
| 04:00:00 | THERE ARE THOSE IN THE REPUBLICAN RANKS, THE LEADERSHIP, TALKING ABOUT REFORMING SOCIAL SECURITY, RAISING THE AGE LIMIT, PROVIDING SAVINGS SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THE WAR, WANTING TO ADJUST A SYSTEM THAT'S VERY MUCH PART OF THE SECURITY FOR OUR NATION'S RETIREES, TO BALANCE A BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF OUR HARDWORKING RETIREES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED IN THE SYSTEM, IS TELLING US WHAT THEIR PHILOSOPHY IS ALL ABOUT. |
| 04:00:28 | THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTING WALL STREET REFORM, ATTACKING IT, DEMEANING IT, THAT IT WAS AN ADAM BOMB USED ON AN ANT. |
| 04:00:36 | TOTALLY MISREPRESENTS THE SITUATION. |
| 04:00:40 | THE FACT THAT THEY WANTED OUR PRESIDENT TO APOLOGIZE FOR COMING DOWN HARD ON B. |
| 04:00:43 | P. FOR THE OIL SPILL AND THE FAILURES OF THE GULF. |
| 04:00:47 | -- IN THE FAILURES IN THE GULF. |
| 04:00:49 | SO WE SEE THIS THINKING THAT CAUSED, THAT SAME THINKING THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE FAILURE OF OUR ECONOMY, THAT BROUGHT THIS NATION'S ECONOMY TO ITS KNEES, THEY WANT US TO GO BACK TO THOSE STANDARDS? |
| 04:01:00 | I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS. |
| 04:01:01 | THERE'S A ROAD TO RECOVERY. |
| 04:01:02 | IT'S PAINFULLY SLOW BUT IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. |
| 04:01:07 | IT'S A SWEEP UPWARD. |
| 04:01:09 | AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF A SWEEP DOWNWARD, THE DEFORMATION, THAT CONSTANT DIP DOWN SOUTH, SOUTHWARD, WITH THE ECONOMY, NOW TRANSITIONED UPWARD, HAS TOLD THE STORY, HAS TOLD THE STORY. |
| 04:01:23 | AND I SEE IT IN MY DISTRICT. |
| 04:01:25 | I SEE THE CAPITAL REGION OF NEW YORK RESPONDSING TO AN INNOVATION ECONOMY -- RESPONDING TO AN INNOVATION ECONOMY, RESPONDSING TO INNOVATION -- RESPONDSING TO INNOVATION -- RESPONDING TO INNOVATION. |
| 04:01:42 | IT WILL BE ABLE TO STORE INTERMITTENT POWER, IT WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND ALSO BE USED FOR HEAVY FLEETS. |
| 04:01:51 | THIS IS THE WAY WE CREATE JOBS, THIS IS THE INVESTMENT OF THE RECOVERY ACT THAT INVESTED IN ADVANCED BATTERY MANUFACTURING, -- MERCHANDIZING, INVESTED IN SMART GRID -- MANUFACTURING, INVEST IN SMART GRIDS. |
| 04:02:08 | THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY TRANSITIONED OUR ECONOMY AND CREATE A NEW DAY FOR AMERICA BECAUSE WE BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN OUR ENERGY POLICY. |
| 04:02:17 | WITH OUR ENERGY POLICY. |
| 04:02:18 | WE ALLOW FOR GENERATION TO BE DONE HERE BY EMBRACING THE AMERICAN INTELLECT. |
| 04:02:23 | THESE ARE THE DYNAMICS OF REFORM THAT WERE LONG OVERDUE. |
| 04:02:26 | THEY'RE CREATING AMERICAN JOBS TO PRODUCE AMERICAN POWER. |
| 04:02:32 | A TOUR WITH THE VETERANS OF OUR COUNTRY ABOUT AMERICAN POWER, ABOUT HOW WE CAN CREATE JOBS HERE AND NOT SEND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FOREIGN NATIONS' TREASURIES AND THOSE NATIONS ARE UNFRIENDSLY TO THE U. |
| 04:02:45 | S. THAT'S THE CHANGE -- UNFRIENDLY TO THE U. |
| 04:02:46 | S. THAT'S THE CHANGED THINKING, NOT THE FAILURE OF THE PAST THAT DRAINED, THAT LOST EIGHT MILLION JOBS DO. |
| 04:02:54 | WE GO BACK TO THOSE FAILED POLICIES OR DO WE TRANSITION OVER TO WHAT HAS BEEN THE ROAD TO RECOVERY, ALBEIT NOT AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE, BUT IT'S PROGRESS, IT'S MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ITS INNOVATION AND -- IT'S INNOVATION AND IT'S EMBRACING THE AMERICAN INTELLECT. |
| 04:03:09 | MS. |
| 04:03:10 | WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. |
| 04:03:12 | TONKO. I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE MORE THING THINGS AND THEN I KNOW MR. |
| 04:03:15 | SCHAUER WILL CLOSE US OUT. |
| 04:03:16 | ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ALSO HAVE DONE, BECAUSE DEFICIT SPENDING IS -- DEFICITS ARE REALLY AN ISSUE AND DEFICIT SPEND SOMETHING AN ISSUE, WE -- WHEN WE TOOK THE MAJORITY BACK, WE RE-ESTABLISHED THE PAY-GO RULES AND THEN ENSHRINED THEM IN STATUTES IN THIS CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED IS PAID FOR, THAT WE DON'T, LIKE MOST FAMILIES HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE -- EVERY FAMILY I KNOW, CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN THEY TAKE IN. |
| 04:03:45 | THE REPUBLICANS LET THOSE RULES, WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED UNDER THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND RESULTED IN A RECORD SURPLUS THAT PRESIDENT BUSH INHERITED, THEY LET THOUSAND RULES LAPSE. |
| 04:03:55 | WE RE-ESTABLISHED THEM -- LET THOSE RULES LAPSE. |
| 04:03:58 | WE RE-ESTABLISHED THEM. |
| 04:03:59 | WHEN THEY LET THOSE RULES LAPSE, THAT'S WHEN WE ENDED UP IN A HUGE DEFICIT SITUATION. |
| 04:04:03 | BECAUSE OF THAT WE'RE ABLE TOWORKS THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, CUT THE DEFICIT IN HALF OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS AND FOCUS ON DEFICIT REDUCTION WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE BALANCE THAT WITH INVESTMENTS SO WE CAN GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. |
| 04:04:21 | THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM AND I HATE TO SAY IT LIKE THAT, BUT REALLY THERE WON'T EVER BE A MORE -- THERE HASN'T BEEN A MORE STARK CONTRAST IN THE CHOICE THAT AMERICANS HAVE TO MAKE IN THIS ELECTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING SOME MORE TIME ON THE FLOOR TALKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT IT. |
| 04:04:37 | I YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN. |
| 04:04:38 | MR. |
| 04:04:39 | SCHAUER: I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. |
| 04:04:42 | OUR TIME IS ABOUT UP. |
| 04:04:43 | BUT I'LL GIVE YOU TWO NUMBERS THAT SUMMARIZE THE BUSH POLICIES . |
| 04:04:52 | EIGHT MILLION LOST JOBS, 14 $$14 -- $14 TRILLION IN WEALTH LOST TO AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS. |
| 04:04:59 | 8,000 JOBS, $14 TRILLION, TRILLION. |
| 04:05:08 | NOW, AMERICANS CAN DO IT. |
| 04:05:10 | WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOUGH TIMES BEFORE BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS PULLED TOGETHER AS A NATION TO OVERCOME OUR CHALLENGES. |
| 04:05:16 | AFTER CHALLENGES AMERICANS RETURN STRONGER, MORE DETERMINED AND MORE UNITED. |
| 04:05:24 | DEMOCRATS CAME TOGETHER AND FACED THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HANDED BY MISMANAGEMENT BY THE BUSH REPUBLICANS. |
| 04:05:31 | AND TOGETHER WE ARE PULLING OUR ECONOMY BACK FROM THE BRINK OF ECONOMIC RUIN. |
| 04:05:37 | AS AMERICANS I KNOW WE CAN DO IT. |
| 04:05:39 | THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. |
| 04:05:41 | I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF TEXTS FROM FOLKS AT HOME, THEY ARE WATCHING. |
| 04:05:44 | AMERICANS KNOW WE CAN DO IT. |
| 04:05:46 | WE CAN TURN OUR ECONOMY AROUND AND GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. |
| 04:05:51 | AND I WILL YIELD BACK. |
| 04:06:13 | THANK YOU. |
| 04:06:18 | . THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 04:06:27 | GOHMERT FOR 60 MINUTES. |
| 04:06:33 | MR. GOHMERT: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 04:06:36 | SPEAKER. |
| 04:06:37 | NOW AS ALWAYS, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO SPEAK ON THIS FLOOR. |
| 04:06:43 | WHERE SO MANY HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TRYING TO GET THE COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. |
| 04:06:52 | I DO NEED TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP. |
| 04:06:56 | FOR ONE THING, I WOULD LIKE TO READ AN ARTICLE IN FROM THE "WASHINGTON EXAMINER", JUNE 9, 2010. |
| 04:07:10 | AS B. |
| 04:07:11 | P.'S DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL RIG WAS SINKING ON APRIL 22, SENATOR JOHN KERRY, DEMOCRAT OF MASSACHUSETTS WAS ON THE PHONE WITH ALLIES IN HIS PUSH FOR CLIMATE LEGISLATION, TELLING HIM THAT HE WOULD SOON LAY OUT THE SENATE CLIMATE BILL WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UTILITY INDUSTRY AND THREE OIL COMPANIES, INCLUDING B. |
| 04:07:34 | P., ACCORDING TO THE "WASHINGTON POST. |
| 04:07:39 | " KERRY NEVER GOT TO HAVE HIS PHOTO OP WITH B. |
| 04:07:44 | P. CHIEF AND OTHER OTHER CORPT FRIENDLY CHIEF TAINS. |
| 04:07:55 | SENATOR GRALM REPUDIATED THE BILL AND DEMOCRATS WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. |
| 04:08:02 | THE ALLIANCE INCLUDED A CAP AND TRADE SCHEME FOR GREENHOUSE GASES POKES A HOLE IN A FAVORITE CLAIM OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ALLIES IN THE MEDIA THAT B. |
| 04:08:17 | P.'S LOBBYISTS HAVE FOUGHT FIERCELY TO BE LEFT ALONE. |
| 04:08:20 | LOBBY RECORDS SHOW THAT B. |
| 04:08:22 | P. IS NO MARKET CRUSADER, BUT INSTEAD, A CLOSE FRIEND OF BIG GOVERNMENT WHENEVER IT SERVES THE COMPANY'S BOTTOM LINE. |
| 04:08:33 | IT GOES ON TO POINT OUT THAT BRITISH PETROLEUM HAS LOBBIED FOR TAX HIKES, GREENHOUSE GAS RESTRAINTS, FOR THE STIMULUS BILL, THE WALL STREET BAILOUT AND FOR SUBSIDIES FOR THINGS LIKE OIL PIPELINES, SOLAR PANELS, NATURAL GAS AND BIOFUELS. |
| 04:08:56 | NOW THAT B. |
| 04:08:57 | P.'S OIL RIG -- IN THE ARTICLE WRITTEN," HAS CAUSED THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE LEFT IS PULLING THE SAME BOGUS TRICK IT DID WITH ENRON AND A. |
| 04:09:14 | I.G. WHENEVER A COMPANY EARNS UNIVERSAL IRE, DECLARE IT THE POSTER BOY FOR THE FREE MARKET. |
| 04:09:22 | AS DEMOCRATS FIGHT TO ADVANCE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES, THEY ARE RESORTING TO THE MISLEADING TACTICS THAT THEY USED IN THEIR HEALTH CARE AND FINANCE EFFORTS POSING AS THE SCURGES OF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND STOOGES OF BIG BUSINESS. |
| 04:09:45 | EXPECT B. |
| 04:09:46 | P. TO BE PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE IN THE CLIMATE DEBATE. |
| 04:09:51 | AND AGAIN THIS IS A ARTICLE BY TIMOTHY CARNEY. |
| 04:09:58 | HE GOES, QUOTE, THERE'S A PROBLEM. |
| 04:10:02 | B.P. WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE U. |
| 04:10:05 | S. CLIMATE ACTION PARTNERSHIP, A LOBBY DEDICATED TO PASSING A CAP AND TRADE BILL. |
| 04:10:12 | AS THE NATION'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF NATURAL GAS, B. |
| 04:10:15 | P. SAW MANY WAYS TO PROFIT FROM CLIMATE LEGISLATION, NOTABLY BY PERSUADING CONGRESS TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIES TO COAL-FIRED PLANTS THAT SWITCHED TO GAS. |
| 04:10:28 | IT GOES ON AND TALKS -- IT MENTIONS THAT B. |
| 04:10:38 | P. SIGNED OFF ON KERRY'S SENATE CLIMATE BILL, WHICH WAS HARDLY A CAPITALIST CONCOCTION. |
| 04:10:49 | ONE PROVISION THAT B. |
| 04:10:50 | P. EX PLIGHTLY BACKED ACCORDING TO "CONGRESSESALLY QUARTERLY," A HIGHER GAS TAX. |
| 04:10:59 | THE MONEY WOULD BE EAR MARKED FOR BUILDING MORE HEY WAYS AND INDUCING MORE DRIVING AND GASOLINE CONSUMPTION. |
| 04:11:06 | ELSEWHERE IN THE GREEN ARENA, B. |
| 04:11:10 | P. HAS LOBBIED FOR AND PROFITED FROM SUBSIDIES FROM SOLAR ENERGY, TWO PRODUCTS THAT CAN'T BREAK EVEN WITHOUT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. |
| 04:11:21 | LOBBYING RECORDS SHOW THE COMPANY BACKING SOLAR SUBSIDIES INCLUDING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SOLAR RESEARCH. |
| 04:11:32 | A FEDERAL AGENCY IS FINSING A B. |
| 04:11:43 | P. PROJECT IN -- FINANCING A B. |
| 04:11:46 | P. PROJECT IN ARGENTINA. |
| 04:11:50 | THE U. |
| 04:11:51 | S. IMPORT-EXPORT BANK HAS PUT UP TAXPAYER CASH TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1,094 MILE PIPELINE CARRYING OIL FROM THE CASPIAN TO TURKEY AND AGAIN PROFITTING B. |
| 04:12:11 | P. LOBBYING RECORDS ALSO SHOW B. |
| 04:12:17 | P. LOBBYING. |
| 04:12:19 | YOU CAN GUESS THE OIL GIANT WASN'T IN LEAGUE WITH THE CATO INSTITUTE OR RON PAUL. |
| 04:12:30 | B.P. HAS MORE DEMOCRATIC LOPPYISTS THAN REPUBLICANS. |
| 04:12:36 | IT IMEMPLOYS THE PODESTA GROUP, OBAMA'S CONFIDENCEE. |
| 04:12:52 | IT INCLUDES WALTER MONDALE, STEVEN CHAM LANE, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND ONE FROM BILL CLINTON'S INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND WHOSE FATHER WAS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN. |
| 04:13:09 | TWO PATTERNS HAVE EMERGED FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. |
| 04:13:14 | BIG BUSINESS INCREASINGLY SEEKS PROFITS THROUGH GOVERNMENT AND NUMBER TWO, OBAMA NONETHELESS PAINS OPPONENTS TO HIS INTERVENTION AS INDUSTRY SHIELDS. |
| 04:13:27 | B.P. IS JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF THIS TAUNDRY SLIGHT OF HAND. |
| 04:13:34 | ONCE A GOVERNMENT PET, B. |
| 04:13:37 | P. IS NOW A CAPITALIST TOOL FROM "WASHINGTON EXAMINER" EDITOR TIMOTHY P. |
| 04:13:49 | CARNEY. |
| 04:13:50 | MY FRIENDS MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THE REPUBLICANS AND B. |
| 04:13:54 | P. ARE REALLY TIGHT. LOOK AT THE LOBBYING RECORDS FOR B. |
| 04:13:57 | P., YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTION RECORDS FOR THE WALL STREET FIRMS THAT BENEFITED SO DRAMATICALLY FROM THE RIDICULOUS BAILOUT, YES. |
| 04:14:09 | IT WAS A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. |
| 04:14:11 | SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. |
| 04:14:12 | YOU DON'T SET ASIDE FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES TO SAVE THE FREE MARKET BECAUSE IF ONLY SOCIALISM WORKS IN A CRISIS, WE GOT NO BUSINESS GOING BACK TO FREE MARKET IN THE GOOD TIMES. |
| 04:14:28 | BUT THE TROUBLE IS, THERE WAS NO FREE MARKET. |
| 04:14:36 | IN THIS WORLD WHICH PEOPLE ARE NOT PERFECT AND YOU HAVE SOME GREEDY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT LUST FOR POWER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS PLAYING FAIRLY, NOT THAT EVERYONE HAS EQUAL ASSETS, BUT THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. |
| 04:14:56 | THAT'S WHAT A FREE MARKET IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT IN THIS WORLD. |
| 04:15:01 | AND THE NEXT, YOU WON'T NEED A GOVERNMENT. |
| 04:15:05 | GOD WILL REIGN. |
| 04:15:07 | BUT IN THIS ONE, WE NEED A GOVERNMENT. |
| 04:15:11 | IT NEEDS NOT TO BE A PLAYER ON THE FIELD AND ALSO THE RIVEREE. |
| 04:15:14 | WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT. |
| 04:15:16 | GOT THAT -- REFEREE. |
| 04:15:19 | WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT. |
| 04:15:20 | WE HAVE THAT IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. |
| 04:15:23 | WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IN THIS LAST YEAR AND A HALF, GEE, WE NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAYING IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD JUST TO GIVE AN OPTION. |
| 04:15:30 | THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN COMPETE WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT GETS TO RETURN RUN IN THE RED ALL THE TIME. |
| 04:15:43 | SO I APPRECIATE MY FRIENDS TRYING TO LAY B. |
| 04:15:48 | P. AT THE FEET OF THE REPUBLICANS, BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE REASON APPARENTLY THAT IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION TO FINALLY TURN ON B. |
| 04:16:01 | P. WAS -- THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TURN ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE CRAP AND TRADE BILL, BECAUSE B. |
| 04:16:13 | P. WAS RIGHT WITH THEM SUPPORTING THAT CRAP AND TRADE BILL. |
| 04:16:16 | AND THEN YOU HAD SENATOR KERRY, THE ADMINISTRATION, I MEAN, B. |
| 04:16:20 | P. WAS THEIR BUDDY AND HELPING THEM ON THE STIMULUS PACKAGE OF ALL THINGS. |
| 04:16:25 | MOST OF THE TRUE FREE-MARKET PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TAKING OVER EVERYTHING WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE STIMULUS BILL BECAUSE THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WOULD HAPPEN. |
| 04:16:45 | THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNEW. |
| 04:16:47 | THAT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT STARTS SUCKING ALL THE CAPITAL OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR ITS OWN USES AND ITS OWN DEVICES, THEN THE GREAT JOB CREATOR, SMALL BUSINESS, PRIVATE BUSINESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CANNOT GET LOANS AND I SO AGREE WITH MY FRIEND, MR. |
| 04:17:11 | SCHAUER, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET LOANS IN THIS COUNTRY. |
| 04:17:18 | IT IS JUST SO DIFFICULT. |
| 04:17:21 | WE GOT REGULATORS BREATHING DOWN THEIR THROATS REQUIRING THEM TO HOLD MORE IN RESERVE THAN THE LAW REQUIRES, REQUIRING THEM NOT TO LOAN MONEY TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THEM FOR 20, 30 YEARS AS GREAT BANKING CLIENTS, THREATENING THE FULL VENGENCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF THEY WERE TO MAKE LOANS THAT SOME REGULATORS TOLD THEM NOT TO MAKE, SOME PEOPLE CAN'T GET CAPITAL. |
| 04:17:50 | THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUCKING IT UP. |
| 04:17:52 | AND IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SHAME. |
| 04:17:56 | AND I APPRECIATED MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE POINTING OUT THAT, MR. |
| 04:18:02 | SCHAUER SAID 600,000, 700,000 JOBS WERE LOST DURING THE LAST MONTHS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS THE AVERAGE HAS BEEN 1770,000 JOBS A MONTH THAT -- 170,000 JOBS A MONTH HAVE BEEN ADDED. |
| 04:18:29 | MY COLLEAGUE FROM FLORIDA SAID 120,000 JOBS PER MONTH. |
| 04:18:34 | BUT WE WON'T HAGGLE OVER 50,000 JOBS PER MONTH. |
| 04:18:37 | WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE JOBS. |
| 04:18:40 | BUT UNFORTUNATELY, TO GET TO AN AVERAGE, WHETHER IT'S 125,000 OR 170,000, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THINGS LIKE WE DID IN JUNE, 430,000 JOBS CREATED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. |
| 04:18:56 | GREAT NEWS, 431,000 ACTUALLY. |
| 04:18:59 | UNFORTUNATELY, 411,000 OF THOSE WERE TEMPORARY CENSUS WORKERS. |
| 04:19:10 | OH, YEAH. ECONOMY'S JUST BOOMING, ISN'T IT? |
| 04:19:18 | IT GETS TIRESOME HEARING MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE TALK ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR THAT BUSH WAS IN OFFICE AND THE DAMAGE HE DID TO THE ECONOMY. |
| 04:19:33 | IT'S DEEPLY TROUBLESOME, BECAUSE THE FACT IS IN NOVEMBER OF 2006, OUR DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS TOOK THE MAJORITY BY PROMISING AMERICA THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD NOT CONTROL SPENDING, BUT THEY WOULD . |
| 04:19:54 | THEY PROMISED THAT WE WILL GET RID OF THIS RIDICULOUS $100 BILLION DEFICIT FOR ONE YEAR OF SPENDING BY THE REPUBLICANS WHO CONTROL CONGRESS BECAUSE AS ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD ANY DECENT EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY KNOWS, THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH CAN ONLY SPEND MONEY THAT IS APPROPRIATED BY THE CONGRESS. |
| 04:20:29 | SO, WE ALSO KNOW THEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE BUSH PRESIDENCY, EVERY STINKING BILL THAT PASSED ONLY DID SO BECAUSE THE MAJORITY WANTED IT TO PASS. |
| 04:20:45 | THERE WAS NOTHING REPUBLICANS COULD DO IN 2007 AND 2008 TO STOP ANY BILL IN CONGRESS THAT OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE WANTED TO HAVE PASSED. |
| 04:21:05 | WE TRIED. WE MADE POINTS OF ORDER OBJECTIONS WHEN WE COULD SEE THAT THE RULES WERE NOT BEING FOLLOWED. |
| 04:21:13 | AND THEN WOULD BE RULED DOWN FROM THE CHAIR IN ORDER FOR US TO APPEAL THE RULING, WHICH WAS VOTED DOWN EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE APPEALED THE RULING OF THE CHAIR BECAUSE THEY HAD THE VOTES TO DO SO, NOT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE RULE. |
| 04:21:38 | . SO WE COME TO THE POINT OF FAIR ANALYSIS HAS TO INDICATE THAT IF THE SPENDING WAS OUT OF CONTROL IN 2007 AND 2008, OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, THEY CAN'T APPROPRIATE ANYTHING TO THEMSELVES. |
| 04:22:02 | AND IF THE POLICIES OF SPENDING CAUSED THIS GREAT LOSS OF JOBS IN THE FALL OF 2008 THEN IT WAS EITHER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAJORITY PARTY IN HERE, THE MAJORITY PARTY EITHER CAUSED THE MASSIVE PROBLEMS IN 2008 TO OUR ECONOMY OR THE MAJORITY PARTY WAS THE MOST INCOMPETENT EVER TO BE IN THE MAJORITY IN THIS HOUSE. |
| 04:22:45 | I DON'T THINK THEY WERE THAT INCOMPETENT. |
| 04:22:48 | I THINK THEY PASSED EXACTLY WHAT WAS INTENDED. |
| 04:22:52 | WE HEARD TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL HEALTH CARE BILL. |
| 04:23:01 | IT GOT PRETTY TIRESOME OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF HEARING FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE ACCUSE ME, OTHERS OF MISREPRESENTING THE REAL FACTS. |
| 04:23:14 | HOW COULD WE NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BILL WAS ABOUT? |
| 04:23:19 | WELL, THE TRUTH IS, FOR THOSE OF US THAT READ THE RIDICULOUS BILLS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH, THAT WERE NOT ABOUT HEALTH CARE BUT WERE ABOUT THE G. |
| 04:23:34 | R.E., GOVERNMENT RUNNING EVERYTHING, WE KNEW PROBLEMS THAT WERE GOING TO BE FORTH COMING. |
| 04:23:41 | SOME OF US CAME TO THIS VERY PODIUM, THE OTHER PODIUMS HERE, AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE BILL BECAUSE WE WERE READING THESE PROVISIONS THAT DEEPLY TROUBLED US. |
| 04:23:58 | AND I KNOW GENERAL ELECTRIC, AS A BIG BACKER OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE BILL BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO GET TO HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THE HEALTH CARE RECORDS IN THE COUNTRY. |
| 04:24:16 | BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO BE THE REPOSITORY, THE DEPOSITORY FOR EVERY HEALTH CARE RECORD IN AMERICA. |
| 04:24:30 | THE PERSONAL, PRIVATE, BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONS OF EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA WOULD BE WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 04:24:46 | YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE INCREDIBLE DEALS HAPPEN, HAVE MADE THE ECONOMY PURR, THOUGH THEY KNEW THEY WERE DYING, OTHERS DIDN'T KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T KNOW AND SO THEY MADE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE THEIR BIOLOGICAL LIVES WERE THEIR OWN LIVES. |
| 04:25:14 | IT WAS THEIR OWN BUSINESS. |
| 04:25:16 | BUT AS A RESULT OF THE OBAMACARE BILL THAT NEEDS DESPERATELY TO BE REPEALED, IF IT'S NOT EVERY AMERICAN'S MOST PRIVATE, MOST PERSONAL LIVES WILL BE UNDER THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 04:25:41 | WE'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN SOMEONE STANDS UP AGAINST THIS ADMINISTRATION, PRIVATE INFORMATION SEEMS TO SURFACE FROM OUTSIDE OF -- OUT OF NOWHERE ABOUT THAT PERSON. |
| 04:25:54 | SO ANYONE WHO STANDS UP AGAINST THEM IS LIABLE TO HAVE THE FULL POWER OF THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT COME DOWN ON THEM. |
| 04:26:03 | WE KNOW THAT IN THE DAYS PRECEDING THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE OR THE VOTE TO REMOVE PRESIDENT CLINTON FROM OFFICE THE WHITE HOUSE WAS FOUND TO HAVE OVER 1,000 F. |
| 04:26:22 | B.I. FILES IN THE WHITE HOUSE, POSSESSION OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE FILES WAS A FELONY, MEANING YEARS IN PRISON TO ANYONE WHO POSSESSED THEM, TO ANYONE WHO WAS COMPLICIT IN HAVING THEM BROUGHT OVER FROM THE F. |
| 04:26:38 | B.I., BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY BROUGHT INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 04:26:44 | AND THEY WERE. |
| 04:26:45 | AND YOU HAD TO KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND YET NOT ONE PERSON WAS PROSECUTED. |
| 04:26:57 | BECAUSE -- COULD CERTAINLY HAVE MADE THE CASE AGAINST THE PERSON WHO HAD THEM, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO YEARS IN PRISON, COULD HAVE BEEN FOUR, AND I'M SURE THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHARGE IT SO YOU COULD LUMP ON DIFFERENT FEDERAL CHARGES. |
| 04:27:12 | BUT AT LEAST 2,000 YEARS IN PRISON, MINIMUM, FOR HAVING THOSE FILES. |
| 04:27:19 | ANY GOOD PROSECUTOR KNOWS HOW YOU WORK THAT. |
| 04:27:22 | YOU GO TO THE GUY THAT HAD THE FILES AND YOU SAY, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2,000 YEARS IN PRISON. |
| 04:27:31 | YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT. |
| 04:27:32 | BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? |
| 04:27:38 | IF YOU'LL HELP US SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE THOSE WHO CAUSED YOU TO GET THOSE THOUSAND F. |
| 04:27:45 | B.I. FILES, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN, YOU HELP US KNOW WHO IT WAS THAT TOLD YOU TO GET THESE FILES, WHO WENT THROUGH THESE PRIVATE F. |
| 04:27:53 | B.I. FILES, YOU HELP US WITH ALL OF THAT AND WE CAN WORK A DEAL, MAYBE YOU DO FOUR YEARS. |
| 04:28:01 | THAT'S THE WAY PROSECUTIONS NORMALLY WORK. |
| 04:28:04 | AND YOU WORK UP THE FOOD CHAIN UNTIL YOU FIND THE HIGHEST PERSON WHO WAS INVOLVED IN BRINGING THOSE FILES TO THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 04:28:12 | NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. |
| 04:28:14 | NONE OF IT. |
| 04:28:15 | FOR MOST PROSECUTORS THEY WOULD SEE THAT AS LAY DOWN CASES THAT ARE JUST SO EASY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THEM DEAD TO RIGHTS, NOW IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF HOW FAR UP THE FOOD CHAIN YOU GET. |
| 04:28:30 | DIDN'T HAPPEN. |
| 04:28:31 | AND THAT WAS WITH PHYSICAL POSSESSION OF F. |
| 04:28:36 | B.I. FILES. |
| 04:28:37 | NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PRIVATE COMPANY OVERSEEING THIS OPERATION. |
| 04:28:48 | WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVING CONTROL OVER ALL OF THESE RECORDS. |
| 04:28:56 | I KNOW I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT ANYBODY COULD EVER GET ACCESS TO THESE PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IN AMERICA? |
| 04:29:07 | HOW COULD ANYBODY BE SO NAIVE WHEN YOU SEE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY? |
| 04:29:16 | AND THE DISCLOSURE OF SECRET INFORMATION? |
| 04:29:21 | DO YOU THINK THAT IF THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT KEEP SECRET THE IDENTITY OF OUR MOST SECRET AGENTS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP SECRET THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BECOME AN ENEMY OF THE REIGNING PARTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR IN THE CONGRESS? |
| 04:29:49 | THERE ARE ALWAYS LEAKS THESE DAYS, IT SEEMS. |
| 04:29:52 | ALWAYS LEAKS. |
| 04:29:55 | AND NOW WE FIND OUT IN THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENT APPARENTLY IS GOING TO REQUIRE EVERYBODY IN AMERICA TO HAVE A BODY MASS INDEX BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KNOW HOW FAT EVERYBODY IN AMERICA IS AND IT DOESN'T TAKE AN EINSTEIN TO FIGURE OUT THAT ONCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT YOUR BODY MASS INDEX IS, THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. |
| 04:30:33 | NOW, I HAVE BEEN BELITTLED, I HAVE HAD BLOGS TAKE ALL KINDS OF SHOTS AT ME, I'VE HAD PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE BELITTLE THIS COMMENT I'M ABOUT TO MAKE THAT I'VE MADE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT, BOY, IS IT TURNING OUT THAT I WAS RIGHT AND THE NAY SAYERS SIMPLY -- NAYSAY -- NAYSAYERS SIMPLY HASN'T READ THE BILL AND THEY COULDN'T SEE -- HADN'T READ THE BILL AND THEY COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ALLOWED UNTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 04:31:09 | HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. |
| 04:31:11 | THINK ABOUT IT. |
| 04:31:12 | THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL MEDICAL RECORDS , WEEK OF BEEN TOLD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF MONITORING EVERY CREDIT CARD PURCHASE, EVERY DEBIT CARD PURCHASE THAT ANYONE IN AMERICA MAKES. |
| 04:31:31 | WE'RE ALSO TOLD IT DOESN'T DO THAT BUT IT HAS THE CAPABILITY. |
| 04:31:39 | BUT ONCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH TAX DOLLARS IS PAYING FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH CARE, THEN IT WILL PROCLAIM THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR MONEY ON BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE TOO HIGH OF A CHOLESTEROL RATE YOU HAVE TOO -- RATE, YOU HAVE TOO HIGH OF A BODY MASS INDEX, THEN IT'S QUITE CONCEIVABLE AT SOME POINT YOU GET AN EMAIL, A LETTER FROM YOUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYING WE NOTICED YOUR CHOLESTEROL IS 160 AND WE NOTICED THAT YUR YOU BOUGHT BACON AT THE GROWS -- THAT YOU BOUGHT BACON AT THE GROCERY STORE THIS WEEKEND. |
| 04:32:25 | ACCORDINGLY, SINCE YOU WERE ON A FEDERAL PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SO INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FEDERAL OBAMACARE PROGRAM. |
| 04:32:37 | WHICH -- PROGRAM IN WHICH YOU'RE FOUND. |
| 04:32:42 | WELL, NOW AS WE HEAR THESE THINGS COME OUT, NOW THAT WE'RE A FEW MONTHS PAST THE BILL'S BECOMING LAW, THINGS FOR WHICH I WAS BELITTLED ARE NOW APPEARING TO BE QUITE ACCURATE IN THEIR PROJECTION. |
| 04:33:01 | I HEARD MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REPRESENT WHAT I BELIEVE AND WHAT I HAVE PUSHED FOR MY 5 1/2 YEARS HERE IN CONGRESS, I WOULD WISH THAT THEY WOULD GET IT RIGHT. |
| 04:33:17 | BECAUSE IT WASN'T. |
| 04:33:24 | WHAT I PUSHED WITH MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES THE YEAR I GOT HERE IN 2005, WHAT I CONTINUE TO PUSH TODAY AND WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NEXT YEAR, WHETHER OR NOT REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE MAJORITY OR NOT, IS THIS -- SOCIAL SECURITY TAX DOLLARS SHOULD GO INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. |
| 04:33:52 | STATEMENTS I MADE BACK IN 2005 ARE EASY TO FIND. |
| 04:33:56 | I POINTED OUT BACK THEN THAT I HAD MY STAFF DO AN EXPERIMENT AND THAT IS TO CONTACT THE TEXAS EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE GALVESTON EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM AND POSE THIS HYPOTHETICAL. |
| 04:34:17 | SUPPOSE SOMEBODY HAD WORKED FOR 30 YEARS AVERAGING $30,000 A YEAR, WHAT WOULD BE THEIR RETIREMENT INCOME FOR A MONTH? |
| 04:34:31 | I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN 2005. |
| 04:34:36 | IN 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, THIS YEAR, SPOKE OF IT RECENTLY BACK HOME IN EAST TEXAS. |
| 04:34:45 | WELL, WHAT WE GOT FROM SOCIAL SECURITY WAS, WELL, YOU SAY AVERAGE. |
| 04:34:55 | THAT WILL DEPEND ON HOW MANY YEARS, AT WHAT LEVEL, HOW YOU ENDED ALL THESE OTHER FACTORS, SO THE BEST WE CAN GIVE YOU IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $600 A MONTH AND $900 A MONTH. |
| 04:35:11 | TRAGIC. |
| 04:35:12 | $600 TO $900 A MONTH AFTER SOMEONE HAS SPENT A LIFETIME PAYING INTO SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 04:35:18 | THAT'S ALL YOU GET? |
| 04:35:19 | MY GOODNESS, THE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS CAN EAT THAT UP IN A HEART BEAT. |
| 04:35:25 | AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HAD YOUR HOME PAID FOR, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. |
| 04:35:31 | $600 A MONTH IN YOUR SENIOR YEARS WHEN YOU OUGHT TO BE A GLORY TO YOUR FAMILY? |
| 04:35:36 | NO. |
| 04:35:37 | YOU BECOME A DRAG BECAUSE THIS GOVERNMENT DID NOT DO WHAT IT SAID IT WOULD DO, PUT THAT MONEY IN A SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. |
| 04:35:48 | YOU LOOK AT SOME SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND THEY POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU PAY TRIBUTE TO YOUR SENIORS, BECAUSE OF THEIR WISDOM, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE YEARS AND SOCIETY MADE OF ANY GATHERING THE OLDEST PERSON THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. |
| 04:36:10 | IT GAVE PEOPLE A REASON TO CONTINUE TO LIVE LONGER, SO PEOPLE THERE DID LIVE LONGER. |
| 04:36:23 | . IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO HERE AND IT'S TRAGIC. |
| 04:36:29 | WE REAL GAIT OUR SENIORS WITH EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO $600 A MONTH FOR SOCIAL SECURITY? |
| 04:36:39 | WELL, ON THE OTHER HAND, CHECKING WITH THE TEXAS EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, BECAUSE THE HYPOTHETICAL AND WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT YEARS AND HOW MUCH WAS AT THE END AND ALL THAT, THE BEST WE CAN SAY, 2,700 TO $2,800 PER MONTH. |
| 04:37:01 | WOW, SEVERAL TIMES THE AMOUNT YOU GET FROM SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SAME SCENARIO. |
| 04:37:07 | WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? |
| 04:37:10 | THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS SOCIAL SECURITY, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE 1930'S HAS NEVER HAD A DIME GO INTO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. |
| 04:37:21 | I THOUGHT IT HAD UNTIL I GOT HERE. |
| 04:37:25 | COME TO FIND OUT, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM THE BEGINNING. |
| 04:37:29 | I THOUGHT IT WAS A MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE SINCE THE GREAT SOCIETY. |
| 04:37:34 | NOT TRUE. SINCE THE 1930'S, NEVER A DIME OF SOCIAL SECURITY TAX MONEY GOING INTO THE TRUST FUND. |
| 04:37:39 | HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A START. |
| 04:37:42 | THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING, I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR 5. |
| 04:37:52 | 5 YEARS, PUT SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY INTO THE TRUST FUND. |
| 04:37:55 | WE HAVE PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE, A TINY MINORITY THAT SAY IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT, IT WOULD MAKE THE GOVERNMENT OWN TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF BONDS BUT SOME OF THEM ALSO VOTED FOR THE WALL STREET BAILOUT BUT THEY GOT BEYOND THAT CONCERN IN THE THREE INTERVENING YEARS SINCE THEY OPPOSED MY PROPOSAL. |
| 04:38:18 | BUT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MAJORITY WHO APPEAR TO PUT SOCIAL SECURITY TAX DOLLARS IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT IT WILL BE THERE FOR YEARS TO COME AND IT WILL DRAW INTEREST. |
| 04:38:37 | AND WE COULD DO SO MUCH BETTER BY THE SENIORS WHO ARE THE GREATEST GENERATION, THE SENIORS WHO HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK, THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS GREATEST ADVANCEMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY AND NOW WE'RE TREATING THEM SOME POORLY BY GIVING THEM $600 A MONTH AFTER ALL THEY'VE DONE. |
| 04:39:05 | BECAUSE WE WON'T PUT MONEY IN A TRUST FUND SO IT CAN GROW AND THEY COULD GET MORE IN THEIR SENIOR YEARS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY WHETHER THEY'LL HAVE TO EAT OR GET THEIR DRUGS. |
| 04:39:24 | WE OWE THEM SO MUCH BETTER. |
| 04:39:26 | AND IF MY FRIENDS IN THE MAJORITY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT, WE COULD DO IT LIKE THAT. |
| 04:39:34 | AND THE PRESIDENT WOULDN'T HAVE A CHOICE BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE TO SIGN IT AND YOU WOULD HAVE MORE THAN 2/3 IN BOTH HOUSES THAT WOULD VOTE FOR THAT. |
| 04:39:44 | WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR SENIORS THAT WOULD BE. |
| 04:39:48 | WHAT A GREAT DAY THAT WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE MOVING TOWARDS THEIR SENIOR FINALLY MONEY GOING INTO THE TRUST FUND THAT WOULD START GROWING FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. |
| 04:40:02 | THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE NEED TO BE DOING. |
| 04:40:08 | WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT A THIS FINANCIAL REFORM BILL BUT IT'S A FINANCIAL DEFORM BILL. |
| 04:40:16 | IT CONTINUES THE SYSTEMIC RISK PANEL SO THE GOVERNMENT GETS TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH COMPANIES WILL LIVE AND WHICH WILL DIE. |
| 04:40:26 | BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S SET UP, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. |
| 04:40:31 | WE ALREADY SAW THAT WITH GOLDMAN SACHS AND A. |
| 04:40:36 | I.G., TWO COMPANIES THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE GIVEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO FOUR TO ONE TO DEMOCRATS OVER REPUBLICANS, BUT BOY, DIDN'T GEORGE BUSH DO THEM A FAVOR. |
| 04:40:49 | HE LET HANK PULL SEN TALK HIM INTO BAILING OUT THESE BIG BUDDIES, DEMOCRATIC DONORS TO THE TUNE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN THEY GOT THEIR OWN CART IN THE DITCH. |
| 04:41:07 | SOME OF US REALIZED IT'S NICE WHEN YOU HELP SOMEBODY GET THEIR CART OUT OF THE DITCH, BUT YOU SURE SHOULDN'T LET THEM RUN OVER YOU. |
| 04:41:22 | GOLDMAN SACHS HAD THEIR BIGGEST PROFITTING YEAR IN HISTORY, SO YOU CAN BET THEY WILL DONATE LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY TO KEEP THEIR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DONE THEM THE MOST GOOD IN OFFICE AND IT WON'T BE REPUBLICANS. |
| 04:41:38 | ANOTHER PROBLEM IN THIS FINANCIAL DEFORM ACT IS THAT IT CREATES A SYSTEM OF BAILOUTS AS FAR INTO THE FUTURE AS ANYBODY LIVING TODAY CAN SEE. |
| 04:41:58 | WHEN ANYONE SAYS THAT A COMPANY OR A BANK IS TOO BIG TO FAIL, THEN IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH BANKRUPTCY, BE DECLARED A FAILURE, RE-ORGANIZE, SELL OFF SOME OF THEIR ATTRACTIVE ASSETS SO NEVER AGAIN WILL THEY BE SO BIG THAT THEY WILL POSE A RISK TO OUR ECONOMY. |
| 04:42:26 | THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WALL STREET BAILOUT. |
| 04:42:30 | IT'S NOT WHAT HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. |
| 04:42:32 | AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS GRIEVED SO MANY OF US THAT WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY WHITE HOUSE, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, COULD APPOINT AR TASK FORCE, A BUNCH OF CZARS AND THEY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY. |
| 04:43:03 | THEY PICK THE WINNERS AND LOSERS. |
| 04:43:06 | THEY TAKE PROPERTY FROM PEOPLE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. |
| 04:43:13 | THEY FORCE DEALERS WHO OWE MONEY TO THE BANKS FOR BUYING THE DEALERSHIPS INTO LOSING THEIR DEEPERSHIPS, TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM WITHOUT ANY DUE PROCESS OF LAW, WITHOUT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND SAY, WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN, WITHOUT A CHANCE TO COME TO THE COURTS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? |
| 04:43:39 | YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SELL MORE CARS BY HAVING SO MANY LESS DEALERS. |
| 04:43:47 | THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COME TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR TO THE COURTS OF AMERICA AND SAY WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU HAVE SOME IDIOT WHO CLAIMED THAT IN A TERRIBLE RECESSION, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE DOWN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS, PUT THEM OUT OF THEIR JOBS, PUT THEIR FAMILIES OUT WANTING AND BEGGING BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT. |
| 04:44:15 | WE WANTED OUR FRIENDS TO BE IN BUSINESS, DIDN'T WANT OUR ENEMIES TO BE IN BUSINESS. |
| 04:44:23 | WELL, THE FOUNDERS WERE SCARED TO DEATH THAT THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE THAT POWER SO THEY TOOK PAINS THAT THEY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR, THE CHANCE TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT WITH NOT JUST ONE HOUSE IN CONGRESS, BUT TWO. |
| 04:44:40 | SO IF ONE GOT TOO FAR AFIELD, THE OTHER COULD REIN THEM IN PREVENT THEM FROM DOING SOMETHING STUPID. |
| 04:44:52 | IF BOTH OF THEM DID SOMETHING STUPID, THEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE PRESIDENT COULD STOP THEM WITH A SIMPLE VETO. |
| 04:45:00 | AND IF BOTH OF THEM GOT OUT OF HAND, THE JUDICIAL BRANCH. |
| 04:45:06 | AND THEY COULD CANCEL WHAT THE OTHERS DID. |
| 04:45:08 | AND IF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH GETS TOO FAR AFIELD AND APPOINTS AN AUTO TASK FORCE THAT'S GOING TO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION BY TAKING PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND THEY'RE GOING TO JUST RUN RAUF SHOWED OVER THE LAWS PASSED BY THE CONGRESS SAYING THIS IS THE WAY BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS GO, THAT YOU DON'T RUN OVER THAT. |
| 04:45:37 | IF THEY RUN ROUGH SHOWED THEN THE CONGRESS WOULD BE UPSET AND THEY WOULD SAY THE CONGRESS PASSED THOSE BANKRUPTCY LAWS, WE DON'T CARE IF YOU GOT A BANKRUPTCY JUDGE WHO WANTS TO BE REAFFFIRMED AS A JUDGE IN A FEW YEARS OR BE A DISTRICT JUDGE DOWN THE ROAD, WE DON'T CARE IF YOU GOT THEM TO SIGN THAT BILL. |
| 04:45:56 | WE'RE GOING TO CUT OFF FUNDING FOR ALL OF THESE CZARS, ALL OF THESE TASK FORCES YOU'VE APPOINTED WHO HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO US. |
| 04:46:07 | WE'RE GOING TO CUT OFF YOUR MONEY AND CUT OFF YOUR TASK FORCE AT THE KNEES AND CUT OFF YOUR CZARS AT THE NEEDS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DEFUND THEM. |
| 04:46:17 | THAT POWER WAS GIVEN TO CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LET THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPOINT A BUNCH OF CZARS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE SENATE AND THEN MAKE RULES AND DECIDE WHO LOSES THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY TO ANYBODY. |
| 04:46:37 | THE FOUNDERS KNEW THAT WITH PEOPLE IN CONGRESS IN NUMBERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THEY WOULD NEVER LET THE LAWS THEY PASSED BE RUN OVER IN SUCH A FASHION. |
| 04:46:50 | THEY WOULD STOP THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FROM DOING THAT. |
| 04:46:52 | BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. |
| 04:46:58 | CONGRESS LET THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THROUGH THE AUTO TASK FORCE DISREGARD THE CONSTITUTION, DISREGARD THE LAW, DISREGARD CREDITORS' RIGHTS IN THE LAW, DISREGARD THE RIGHTS OF SECURED CREDITORS, PROMOTE UNSECURED CREDITORS AND MAKE THEM OWNERS, PUT SECURED CREDITORS DOWN TO GETTING PENNIES AND TELLING THE SECURED CREDITORS, IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU'LL HAVE THE FULL FORCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, EXECUTIVE BRANCH, COME ON YOU AND YOU WILL BE DONE IN BUSINESS FOR GOOD. |
| 04:47:40 | DON'T YOU EVER STAND IN OUR WAY. |
| 04:47:42 | THERE WERE THREATS THAT WE HEARD WERE MADE. |
| 04:47:47 | AND SO THEY COULDN'T FIGHT. |
| 04:47:49 | THEIR ONLY HOPE WAS THE CONGRESS WOULD PROTECT THE POWER THAT WAS ENTRUSTED WITH TO KEEP THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FRR RUNNING OVER THE CON -- FROM RUNNING OVER THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 04:48:07 | CONGRESS LET IT HAPPEN. |
| 04:48:08 | BUT THE FOUNDERS WERE SO CLEVER. |
| 04:48:10 | THEY KNEW THEY DIDN'T TRUST GOVERNMENT, SO THEY HAD THIS THIRD BRANCH, THE COURT. |
| 04:48:17 | AND THE SUPREME COURT IS THE ONLY COURT ACTUALLY CREATED IN THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 04:48:21 | EVERY OTHER COURT OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO THIS BODY. |
| 04:48:28 | BUT THE SUPREME COURT, THANK GOODNESS THE FOUNDERS HAD THE THOUGHT TO CREATE THAT THIRD BRANCH. |
| 04:48:42 | EVEN THOUGH CONGRESS -- THEY WILL AND GOD BLESS RUTH BADER GINSBURG PUT A 24-HOUR HOLD ON THAT WHOLE DEAL. |
| 04:49:00 | BUT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SCARED THE SUPREME COURT SUFFICIENTLY INTO THINKING THAT IF THEY EXTENDED THAT 24-HOUR HOLD ANY FURTHER, THEN APPARENTLY THEY MADE THE SUPREME COURT BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF EVERY JOB RELATED TO THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND ALL THOSE LOST JOBS WOULD BE ON THE SUPREME COURT'S HEAD. |
| 04:49:29 | AND WHY ELSE WOULD THEY LET THE CONSTITUTION BE TRAMPLED ON IN SUCH A FASHION? |
| 04:49:36 | WHY ELSE WOULD THEY ALLOW THE LAWS TO BE TRAMPLED ON IN SUCH A FASHION. |
| 04:49:44 | AND UNDER THE SAFEGUARDS WORKED AND PEOPLE LOST THEIR BUSINESSES. |
| 04:49:48 | AND THEN WE GET THIS ARTICLE, JULY 19 FROM BLOOMBERG, OF ALL SOURCES, AND I'LL READ. |
| 04:49:59 | THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS PUSHED TO ACCELERATE GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY AND CHRYSLER GROUP DEEPERSHIP CLOSINGS AIMED AT HELPING THE COMPANIES COMPETE MAY NOT BE NECESSARY AND ADDED TO UNEMPLOYMENT A U. |
| 04:50:15 | S. WASHDOG SAID. |
| 04:50:18 | THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED WHETHER SPEEDING UP THE CLOSINGS SHOULD HAVE RESULTED IN TENS OF LOSSES OF JOBS ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED YESTERDAY BY THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM, TARP, OF COURSE. |
| 04:50:40 | THE U.S. HAD REJECTED RE-ORGANIZATION PLANS FROM THE CAR MAKERS IN MARCH, 2009, IN PART, CITING A SLOW PACE FOR G. |
| 04:50:51 | M. TO SCALE BACK ITS DEALER NETWORK. |
| 04:50:55 | SUCH DRAMATIC AND ACCELERATED DEALERSHIP CLOSINGS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AND UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR TREASURY TO TREAD VERY CAREFULLY WHEN CONSIDERING SUCH DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE, UNQUOTE, HE CONCLUDED. |
| 04:51:09 | I SHOULD HAVE POINTED OUT, THE BEGIN QUOTE WITH SUCH DRAMATIC -- CONTINUING ON WITH THE ARTICLE. |
| 04:51:18 | THE REPORT MADE PROMPT CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF THE AUTO MAKER BAILOUTS. |
| 04:51:27 | LAWMAKERS HAVE ALREADY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE JOB LOSSES IN THEIR DISTRICTS FROM DEALERSHIP CLOSINGS AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH RETAILERS WERE SELECTED FOR SHUTDOWNS. |
| 04:51:36 | QUOTE, THIS SOBERING REPORT SHOULD SERVE AS A WAKE-UP CALL AS TO THE ORCHESTRATIONS OF FEDERAL BAILOUTS. |
| 04:51:50 | REPUBLICAN ISSA -- REPUBLICAN ISSA SAID YESTERDAY IN A STATEMENT. |
| 04:52:01 | THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPEND BILLIONS ON AUTO ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TARP PROGRAM, CRITICIZED THE INSPECTOR'S AUDIT AND SAID WITHOUT GOVERNMENT AID, BOTH COMPANIES FACED FAILURE AND POSSIBLE LIQUIDATION. |
| 04:52:17 | THE DEPARTMENT'S AUTO TASK FORCE IN EARLY 2009 FOUND DETROIT-BASED G. |
| 04:52:23 | M.'S PLAN FOR CLOSING DEALERS BY 2015 TOO SLOW. |
| 04:52:33 | INSTEAD, THEY FOUND 14RKS00 TO BE SHUT DOWN BY OCTOBER. |
| 04:52:41 | CHRYSLER, WHICH PLANNED TO SHUT 400 DEALERSHIPS BY 2014 DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY CLOSE 789 IN BANKRUPTCY AFTER TREASURY'S URGINGS, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. |
| 04:52:54 | THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT USING ADVICE RECEIVED FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS ENCOURAGED SMALLER DEALERSHIP NETWORKS TO HELP BOOST SALES AND BETTER COMPETE WITHA PAN'S TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY AND HONDA MOTOR COMPANY ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. |
| 04:53:13 | G.M. WHICH MOVED TO TRIM THE CLOSURES BY ABOUT HALF SAID IN THE STATEMENT THAT EVENTS DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT HAVE SINCE BEEN OVERTAKEN BY A NEW G. |
| 04:53:24 | M. AND STRONGER DEALER NETWORK TO MATCH, UNQUOTE. |
| 04:53:27 | THE STATEMENT ADDED THE NEW G. |
| 04:53:29 | M. IS MOVING FORWARD TO IMPROVE DEALER RELATIONS AND HAS ALREADY REINSTATED SEVERAL HUNDRED. |
| 04:53:35 | REINSTATED SEVERAL HUNDRED? |
| 04:53:37 | AFTER THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FORCED THESE PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW? |
| 04:53:48 | CONTINUING ON WITH THE ARTICLE. |
| 04:53:50 | GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY WAS FORMED LAST YEAR OUT OF BANKRUPTCY FROM THE BEST PERFORMING ASSETS OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. |
| 04:53:57 | WHILE A GROUP LED BY FIAT S. |
| 04:54:03 | P.A. PURCHASED MOST OF THE BANKRUPT CHRYSLER L. |
| 04:54:06 | L.C. ASSETS FORMING CHRYSLER GROUP L. |
| 04:54:10 | L.C. TAXPAYER AID MADE THE REORGANIZATIONS POSSIBLE. |
| 04:54:14 | NOT BAD ENOUGH TO PUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS, AND TAKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, WE ALSO TOOK TAXPAYER MONEY. |
| 04:54:29 | THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS MAJORITY LET IT HAPPEN. |
| 04:54:32 | DEALER COMPLAINTS ABOUT CLOSURE PROMPTED LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING SENATOR JAY ROCKEFELLER A WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT TO ASK BAROFSKY TO INVESTIGATE. |
| 04:54:44 | QUOTE, THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL CONFUSION, EVEN AMONG DEALERS THEMSELVES, AS TO HOW G. |
| 04:54:50 | M. AND CHRYSLER SELECTED DEALERSHIPS FOR CLOSURE, SAID JAY ROCK FELL FOR THE A LETTER TO BAROFSKY. |
| 04:54:58 | THE REPORT FOUND THAT CHRYSLER FOLLOWED THE CRITERIA FOR TARGETING DEALERS FOR TERMINATION. |
| 04:55:07 | G. |
| 04:55:08 | M. WAS INCONSISTENT AND RETAINED MORE THAN 1,300 DEALERS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SHUT BASED ON SALES, CONSUMER SATISFACTION AND PROFITABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. |
| 04:55:20 | THE FACT THAT TREASURY WAS ACTING IN PART AS AN INVESTOR TO G. |
| 04:55:26 | M. AND CHRYSLER DOES NOT INSULATE THEM FROM THE BROADER RESPONSIBILITY. |
| 04:55:31 | TREASURY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN GREATER CARE GIVEN THAT IT HAD THE ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO JOB LOSSES. |
| 04:55:37 | THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF TREASURY FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY -- WASN'T THAT A MISNOMER? |
| 04:55:46 | ANYWAY HE SAID THE RESTRUCKING -- RESTRUCTURING PROCESS WAS PAINFUL AND REQUIRED SACRIFICES FROM ALL PARTIES. |
| 04:55:56 | QUOTE WE STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH MANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS, CONCLUSIONS, AND LESSONS LEARNED, UNQUOTE, ALISON TOLD BAROFSKY. |
| 04:56:08 | PRESIDENT OBAMA FORCED THE COMPANIES TO HAVE DEALERS SIGN A CLAUSE BEFORE THEY WERE CLOSED WHO IS GOING TO PAY THEM BACK FOR THE PROPERTY STOLEN FROM THEM BY THIS ADMINISTRATION? |
| 04:56:29 | BUT I HAVE TO ADD, STOLEN LEGALLY, BECAUSE CONGRESS DIDN'T STOP THEM, THE SUPREME COURT DIDN'T STOP THEM, SO ACCORDINGLY, IT MUST HAVE BEEN LEGAL. |
| 04:56:45 | THEY WEREN'T STOPPED BY PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE. |
| 04:56:49 | GOING BACK TO THE ARTICLE, CHRYSLER SAID THAT SAME MONTH IT WAS OFFERING NEW FRANCHISES TO 50 DEALERS WHO APLIDE FOR ARBITRATION, IN ADDITION TO 36 PREVIOUS OFFERS OR NEW AGREEMENTS. |
| 04:57:00 | CHRYSLER TERMINATED 789 DEALERS LAST YEAR AND SAID IN JANUARY THAT 409 HAD APPLIED FOR ARBITRATION. |
| 04:57:09 | I TELL YOU WHAT, WE'VE HEARD FROM DEALERS WHO WERE SOME OF THE MOST PROFITABLE, WHO WERE DOING WELL, AND THIS ADMINISTRATION TOOK THEM AWAY FROM THEM. |
| 04:57:19 | AND GOT A BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TO SIGN OFF TO HIS SHAME. |
| 04:57:23 | SHOULD BE A TOTAL SHAME THE DAMAGE THAT JUDGE AND THOSE AUTO TASK FORCE PEOPLE CAUSED. |
| 04:57:30 | SHAMELESS. |
| 04:57:31 | AND YET WHEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ASKED FOR INFORMATION, NOTICE FROM THE MEETINGS, THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU. |
| 04:57:42 | WE'RE A ROGUE GOVERNMENT, IS BASICALLY WHAT THEY IN ESSENCE WERE SAYING. |
| 04:57:47 | WE'RE ROGUE GOVERNMENT. WE'RE CZARS. |
| 04:57:49 | WE DO WHAT WE WANT YOU CAN'T TOUCH US. |
| 04:57:51 | LE ON THE PRESIDENT WHO PUT US IN THESE POSITIONS, CAN GET RID OF US AND HE LIKES WHAT WE'VE DONE. |
| 04:57:58 | THAT'S THE MESSAGE IN ESSENCE. |
| 04:58:00 | WHEN I HEAR MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE TALK ABOUT THE PRNS OF PAY-GO, I WAS A REPUBLICAN THAT VOTED FOR THAT IN PREVIOUS TERM. |
| 04:58:07 | BECAUSE I SUPPORTED THAT. |
| 04:58:09 | THEN I COME TO FIND OUT, IT WAS A JOKE. |
| 04:58:15 | THEY DIDN'T MEAN WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE EVERY TIME THERE'S A BIG BILL, INCLUDING EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF TAIING -- PAYING THAT, THEY SUSPEND THE RULE. |
| 04:58:35 | WHAT GOOD WAS IT PASSING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE SNI THOUGHT I COULD BELIEVE MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE WE NEED TO VOTE FOR PAY-GO, PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE SAID, DON'T BELIEVE THEM. |
| 04:58:46 | I SAID, NO, THEY'RE PUSHING THIS PAY-GO BILL, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. |
| 04:58:53 | BOY DID I LEARN. |
| 04:58:54 | THERE WAS NO SERIOUSNESS ABOUT FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT. |
| 04:58:58 | AND IT STILL BLOWS MY MIND TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY, OVER AND OVER, THAT TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS ARE WRONG. |
| 04:59:11 | THEY'RE RIGHT. |
| 04:59:13 | IF YOU DO NOTHING BUT HAVE TAX BREAKERS IN WEALTHIEST AMERICANS, IT IS WRONG. |
| 04:59:17 | SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. |
| 04:59:21 | BUT HOW ABOUT WHEN OFF TAX BREAK FOR THE PEOPLE PAYING TAXES, THAT'S FAIR, WHEN IT'S AN ACROSS THE BOARD TAX CUT, EVENLY CUT ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT'S FAIR. |
| 04:59:40 | UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING THE POINT WHERE 50% OR MORE OF AMERICANS WILL NOT PAY INCOME TAX. |
| 04:59:50 | HISTORIANS HAVE WARNED ABOUT THIS POINT THAT IT IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN. |
| 04:59:55 | IT IS THE LINE OF DEMARCATION, ONCE YOU PASS IT, YOU CAN'T GET BACK. |
| 05:00:02 | ONLY WITH A MIRACLE FROM GOD CAN A NATION BE SAVED ONCE A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAS MORE THAN 50% OF ITS VOTERS NOT PAYING THE TAXES THAT RUN THE GOVERNMENT. |
| 05:00:19 | WHEN YOU GET PAST THAT POINT, YOU'RE DONE. |
| 05:00:23 | THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME HERE, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T SLEEP MUCH. |
| 05:00:31 | KEEP WORKING AWAY. |
| 05:00:34 | TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO HOLD THIS PLACE TOGETHER UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A FAIR DEAL FOR EVERYBODY. |
| 05:00:41 | HECK, I'M THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THE TAX HOLIDAY IDEA, WHEN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WERE COMING -- WERE TALKING ABOUT REALLY TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING, HECK, I FOUND OUT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRILLIONS? |
| 05:00:57 | FEDERAL RESERVE, TRILLIONS TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING? |
| 05:01:02 | $1.21 TRILLION WAS ALL THAT WAS EXPECTED TO BE PAID IN INCOME TAX, PERSONAL INCOME TAX, FOR THE YEAR 2008, THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME. |
| 05:01:10 | BUT, WE'D BE BETTER OFF IF WE JUST SAID, NO INCOME TAX FOR 2008. |
| 05:01:15 | BE A LOT CHEAPER THAN ALL THESE BAILOUT PROGRAMS. |
| 05:01:19 | AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WOULD GET THEIR OWN MONEY AND THEY WOULD GET TO DECIDE WHAT CAR TO BUY. |
| 05:01:27 | THEY WOULD GET OUT OF TROUBLE ON THEIR MORTGAGES. |
| 05:01:29 | BUT NOW, THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY CAN ONLY DO IT WITH THIS CONGRESS GETTING IT DONE, BECAUSE CONGRESS PASSES THE MONEY BILLS, THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS MAJORITY, HAS SPENT TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND WE ARE SO OBLIGATED, THERE'S NO WAY TO HAVE A TAX HOLIDAY RIGHT NOW. |
| 05:01:54 | WE'VE GOT -- GOTTEN SO DEEPLY IN DEBT WE CAN'T DO THAT NOW. |
| 05:01:59 | IT WOULD HAVE SPURRED THE ECONOMY A WHOLE LOT MORE CHEAPLY THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE. |
| 05:02:08 | I WANT TO FINISH TONIGHT BY TAKING, MR. |
| 05:02:13 | SPEAKER, GOING BACK TO 1755, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THOSE, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATURE. |
| 05:02:25 | I WILL NOT DEBATE THAT POINT, WHETHER WE ARE OR NOT NOW. |
| 05:02:29 | BUT I KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM. |
| 05:02:33 | 1755, GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS IN HIS EARLY 20'S, 6'3", AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE WAS MEASURED WHEN HE DIED. |
| 05:02:42 | SOME BOOKS SAY 6'2", 6'4". |
| 05:02:48 | BIG, STRAPPING GUY. |
| 05:02:49 | FULL OF EMOTION. |
| 05:02:51 | POWERFUL MAN. |
| 05:02:52 | ATHLETIC MAN. |
| 05:02:53 | HE WAS RIDING A HORSE, LEADING 100 AMERICAN MILITIAMEN, ACCOMPANYING 1,300 BRITISH RED COATS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THEY WERE HEADING UP TO FORT DUQUESNE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE BRITISH GENERALS, THERE WERE 82 OFFICERS, INCLUDING WASHINGTON, ON HORSEBACK. |
| 05:03:13 | THE BRITISH YENS DECIDED TO GO TAKE THE PATH OF LESS RESISTANCE, THROUGH THE WOODS, THROUGH THIS LOW AREA, SORT OF A RAVINE, PASSING THRU THAT AREA. |
| 05:03:25 | WASHINGTON GOT CONCERNED, THEY COULD BE WALKING INTO AN AMBUSH HE ASKED THE GENERAL, LET ME SEND SOME OF THE MEN AHEAD WHO KNOW THE AREA, MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT WALKING INTO A TRAP. |
| 05:03:39 | HE WAS BELITTLED BY THE GENERAL. |
| 05:03:43 | YOU THINK YOU KNOW MORE THAN I DO? |
| 05:03:45 | HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS SELF-TAUGHT. |
| 05:03:48 | THEY DIDN'T SEND THE MEN TO AHEAD TO CHECK. |
| 05:03:51 | THEY WALKED INTO AN AMBUSH. |
| 05:03:53 | THE FRENCH AND INDIANS OPENED UP, FOR TWO HOURS, FIRE FIGHT. |
| 05:03:57 | AFTER TWO HOURS, THERE WERE -- 1,300 BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE DEAD. |
| 05:04:08 | THE AMERICANS HAD IMMEDIATELY TAKEN COVER. |
| 05:04:11 | WASHINGTON AT THE END OF TWO HOURS WAS THE ONLY OFFICER STILL ON HORSEBACK. |
| 05:04:16 | STILL FIGHTING. |
| 05:04:17 | HE HAD ONE SHOT OUT FROM OTHER -- UNDER HIM. |
| 05:04:21 | AT LEAST ONE. |
| 05:04:22 | HE'S STILL ON HORSEBACK FIGHTING. |
| 05:04:25 | BRAVE. |
| 05:04:26 | HE'S FIGHTING, HE'S CALLING OUT ORDERS. |
| 05:04:27 | INCREDIBLE MAN. |
| 05:04:29 | ALL HIS MEN WERE AMAZED. |
| 05:04:33 | AT THIS GALLANT, BRAVE, COURAGEOUS 20,-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD. |
| 05:04:38 | AFTER TWO HOURS, HE COULD SEE THE REST OF THE BRITISH WOULD BE WIPED OUT IF THEY DIDN'T RETREAT. |
| 05:04:45 | THEY RETREATED. |
| 05:04:46 | TWO DAYS LATER HE WROTE TO HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER HE HADN'T MET MARTHA YET, HE SAID, I TOOK OFF MY CAP, SHOOK OUT MY HAIR, BULLET FRAGMENTS FLEW EVERYWHERE, NOT A SCRATCH ANYWHERE. |
| 05:05:03 | TOOK OFF MY JACKET, LOTS OF BULLET FRAGMENTS, TRULY GOD PROTECTED ME. |
| 05:05:13 | HE BECAME A HERO OUT OF THAT. |
| 05:05:15 | WORD SPREAD FROM THE AMERICANS ABOUT HOW COURAGEOUS AND BRAVE THIS YOUNG MAN WAS. |
| 05:05:20 | BIG, TALL, STRAPPING GUY, HOW BRAVE HE WAS. |
| 05:05:23 | WHAT A FIGHTER HE WAS. |
| 05:05:25 | HE NEVER LOST HIS HEAD, KEPT HIS COOL, KEPT FIGHTING, CALLING OUT ORDERS A LEADER OF LEADERS, A MAN QUOTED AS SAYING, MEN UNUSED TO RESTRAINT MUST BE LED, THEY WON'T BE DROVE. |
| 05:05:40 | 15 YEARS LATER, HE WAS GOING WITH DR. |
| 05:05:42 | CRAIG THROUGH THE SAME AREA, HE WAS GOING TO SHOW HIM THE AREA THAT WAS SO FAMOUS. |
| 05:05:48 | THEY GOT UP THERE, THERE WAS INDIANS THERE, WANTED TO SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH HIM. |
| 05:05:52 | THE LEAD CHIEF SAID, WE WERE IN THIS WOODS TOGETHER 15 YEARS AGO. |
| 05:05:58 | YOU AND I WERE HERE, I ORDERED MY MEN TO FIRE AT YOU BEFORE THEY FIRED AT ANYONE ELSE THEY DID THAT WE CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET THE MAN THAT GOD WOULD NOT LET DIE. |
| 05:06:10 | USED TO BE IN HISTORY BOOKS, IN EVERY AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK UNTIL 1910. |
| 05:06:15 | I WON'T DEBATE WHETHER WE'RE A CHRISTIAN NATION NOW, BUT WASHINGTON KNEW WHAT WE WERE. |
| 05:06:22 | I REALIZE MY TIME HAS EXPIRED SO AT THIS TIME, I YIELD BACK. |
| 05:06:26 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. |
| 05:06:29 | MR. GOHMERT: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THAT WE DO NOW ADJOURN. |
| 05:06:33 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION TO AD JOURN. |
| 05:06:37 | THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. |
| 05:06:38 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 05:06:39 | THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. |
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