| 00:00:20 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20, PROCEEDINGS WILL RESUME ON MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED. |
| 00:00:28 | VOTES WILL BE TAKEN IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER. |
| 00:00:32 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 210 BY THE YEAS AND NAYS. |
| 00:00:34 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 222 BY THE YEAS AND NAYS. |
| 00:00:39 | H. |
| 00:00:40 | R. 131 DE NOVO. |
| 00:00:41 | THE FIRST ELECTRONIC VOTE WILL BE CONDUCTED AS A 15-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:00:47 | REMAINING ELECTRONIC VOTES WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FIVE-MINUTE VOTES. |
| 00:00:51 | THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. |
| 00:00:58 | WOOLSEY, TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO H. |
| 00:01:02 | RES. 210 ON WHICH THE YEAS AND NAYS WERE ORDERED. |
| 00:01:05 | THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:01:07 | THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 210, RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT PROVIDING BREAKFAST IN SCHOOLS THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE. |
| 00:01:22 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:01:26 | MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. |
| 00:01:30 | THIS IS A 15-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:01:35 | [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. |
| 00:01:38 | , IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:01:40 | ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE U. |
| 00:01:44 | S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:25:21 | ] THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 381. |
| 00:25:25 | THE NAYS ARE 11. |
| 00:25:28 | NONE IS RECORDED AS PRESENT. |
| 00:25:31 | 2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 383, THE NAYS -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 383. |
| 00:27:05 | THE NAYS ARE 11. |
| 00:27:10 | 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 RECONSIDER IS LAID UPON THE TABLE. |
| 00:27:27 | THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. |
| 00:27:33 | WOOLSEY, TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO H. |
| 00:27:37 | RES. 222 ON WHICH THE YEAS AND NAYS WERE ORDERED. |
| 00:27:41 | THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:27:43 | THE CLERK: HOUSE RESOLUTION 222, RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD ON ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY AND MEASURING STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. |
| 00:27:56 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO THE RESOLUTION. |
| 00:28:00 | MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. |
| 00:28:07 | THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:28:11 | [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. |
| 00:28:14 | , IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:28:15 | ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE U. |
| 00:28:20 | S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:35:36 | ] THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 388, THE NAYS ARE NINE, ONE IS RECORDED AS PRESENT. |
| 00:35:46 | 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. |
| 00:36:29 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS ON THE QUESTION SUSPENDING THE RULES AND PASSING H. |
| 00:36:36 | R. 131 AS AMENDED, WHICH THE CLERK WILL REPORT BY TITLE. |
| 00:36:41 | THE CLERK: H.R. 131, A BILL TO ESTABLISH THE RONALD REAGAN CENTENNIAL COMMISSION. |
| 00:36:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL AS AMENDED. |
| 00:36:54 | SO MANY ARE AS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE . |
| 00:37:00 | THOSE OPPOSED, NO. |
| 00:37:04 | 2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE -- >> MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:37:16 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE? |
| 00:37:20 | >> I ASK FOR A RECORDED VOTE, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:37:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: A RECORDED VOTE IS REQUESTED. |
| 00:37:27 | THOSE IN FAVOR OF A RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE. |
| 00:37:30 | A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING ARISEN, RECORDED VOTE IS ORDERED. |
| 00:37:36 | MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. |
| 00:37:38 | THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE. |
| 00:37:42 | [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. |
| 00:37:45 | , IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:37:48 | ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE U. |
| 00:37:55 | S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:45:53 | ] THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 371. |
| 00:45:57 | THE NAYS ARE 19. |
| 00:46:00 | ONE IS RECORDED AS PRESENT. |
| 00:46:04 | 2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID UPON THE TABLE. |
| 00:46:42 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN REQUESTS FOR ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES. |
| 00:46:53 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RISE? |
| 00:46:55 | >> UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:46:58 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: SO ORDERED. |
| 00:47:00 | MR. |
| 00:47:01 | MCCLINTOCK: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:47:05 | I RISE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF DR. |
| 00:47:07 | GREGORY FRIEDMAN OF CALIFORNIA. |
| 00:47:09 | DR. |
| 00:47:10 | FRIEDMAN SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE SEEKING FREEDOM FOR HIS FAMILY AND FINALLY FULFILLED THAT DREAM AT THE AGE OF 72 WHEN HE LEGALLY IMMIGRATED -- TO THE UNITED STATES FROM THE SOVIET UNION. |
| 00:47:23 | HE HAD BEEN A RENOWNED ONCOLOGIST THERE AND HAD RISKED HIS LIVELIHOOD AND HIS LIBERTY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST SOVIET ABUSES. |
| 00:47:31 | HAVING SEEN FIRSTHAND THE MISERY THAT TYRANNY INFLICTS ON ITS PEOPLE, DR. |
| 00:47:35 | FRIEDMAN DEVOTED HIMSELF TO LEARNING ENGLISH, STUDYING THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, AND PASSING ON HIS APPRECIATION OF AMERICAN FOUNDING PRINCIPLES TO HIS CHILDREN AND TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN. |
| 00:47:48 | HE PROBABLY BECAME A U. |
| 00:47:49 | S. CITIZEN AT THE AGE OF 77. |
| 00:47:51 | THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS LIFE WAS SPENDING HIS FINAL YEARS IN FREEDOM WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE, SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THROUGH A LIFETIME OF STRUGGLE THAT HE HAD SECURED THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY FOR HIS POSTERITY. |
| 00:48:06 | MAY HE NOW REST IN PEACE. |
| 00:48:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? |
| 00:48:15 | >> I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:48:19 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:48:20 | >> AND REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 00:48:22 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:48:24 | >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. |
| 00:48:26 | I RISE TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM. |
| 00:48:30 | AND TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION BY THE GENTLELADY FROM WISCONSIN THAT WE PASSED THIS EVENING. |
| 00:48:37 | THE 100% FEDERALLY FUNDED SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY WHERE BREAKFAST IS SERVED IN THE CLASSROOM, HAVE SHOWN TO INCREASE STUDENT ATTENTIVENESS, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND DECREASE TARDINESS AND DISCIPLINARY REFERS. |
| 00:48:53 | -- REFERRALS. |
| 00:48:54 | CLASSROOM BREAKFAST PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY REDUCE THE STIGMA OF RECEIVING FREE OR REDUCED PRICED BREAKFAST AND IN CREASE PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. |
| 00:49:03 | IN MY DISTRICT, THE TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED A GRAB AND GO PROGRAM WHERE KIDS CAN GET THEIR BREAKFAST IN THE HALLWAYS AND BRING IT INTO THE CLASSROOM TO EAT WITH THEIR PEERS. |
| 00:49:16 | THESE SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY 2, 12, AND 14, AND THE CARROLL HILL SCHOOL HAVE SEEN THEIR BREAKFAST PARTICIPATION NUMBERS RISE TO 50% TO 60% OF ALL STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS WHERE THE AVERAGE ELSEWHERE IN NEW YORK STATE ONLY AT 20%. |
| 00:49:29 | I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO AROUND THE COUNTRY WHAT TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DONE IN MY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. |
| 00:49:35 | AND THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT MORE STUDENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS AND BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DO JUST THAT. |
| 00:49:44 | THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:49:51 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. |
| 00:49:57 | WILL THE MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE THEIR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. |
| 00:50:07 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA RISE? |
| 00:50:09 | >> REQUEST PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:50:11 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:50:13 | >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:50:15 | I RISE TO LAMENT THE FACT THAT TODAY IN A STROKE OF A PEN UTILITARIANISM BEAT DOWN HUMAN DIGNITY. |
| 00:50:26 | WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA LIFTED THE BAN ON STEM CELL RESEARCH, ADDITIONAL LINES, WHAT HE'S SAYING, REALLY, IS IT'S OK TO KILL SOME HUMANS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF OTHER HUMANS. |
| 00:50:40 | THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IT DEVALUES ALL HUMANS WHEN WE SAY THAT YOU CAN KILL SOME TO BENEFIT OTHERS. |
| 00:50:49 | WE CAN DO THIS RESEARCH. |
| 00:50:51 | WE CAN DO THE MORE PROMISING RESEARCH ON ADULT STEM CELLS AND WE CAN GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE DON'T PRODUCE EXCESS EMBRYOS. |
| 00:51:02 | OTHER COUNTRIES, GERMANY FOR EXAMPLE, LIMITS THE NUMBER OF FERTILIZED EGGS. |
| 00:51:08 | BUT WE PRODUCE EXCESS EMBRYOS. |
| 00:51:11 | WE CAN STOP THAT PRACTICE. |
| 00:51:13 | WE CAN ALSO HAVE ADOPTIONS OF THE EXISTING EXCESS EMBRYOS. |
| 00:51:21 | MADAM SPEAKER, IT IS A SAD DAY WHEN UTILITARIANISM BEATS DOWN HUMAN DIGNITY. |
| 00:51:28 | IT'S A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA. |
| 00:51:29 | THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE ESTABLISHING BRIGHT LINE TEST SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND PRESERVE THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE. |
| 00:51:40 | IT'S ALSO NOT THE INTERFERENCE OF POLITICS INTO SCIENCE BUT THE BOUNDING OF SCIENCE BY ETHICS AND MORALITY. |
| 00:51:47 | THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:51:49 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:51:50 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THANK YOU. |
| 00:51:54 | WE NEED TO HAVE ORDER IN THE HOUSE. |
| 00:52:01 | IN THE CHAMBER AND IN THE GALLERY. |
| 00:52:06 | PLEASE COME TO ORDER. |
| 00:52:09 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:52:10 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS RISE? |
| 00:52:12 | >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:52:14 | I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:52:16 | REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 00:52:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:52:19 | MR. SHIMKUS: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:52:24 | YESTERDAY IN MY DISTRICT AND CLOSE TO MY HOMETOWN IN MERRYVILLE, ILLINOIS, PASTOR FRED WINTERS LOST HIS LIFE TO AN ASILLANT TO -- ASSAILANT WHO CAME INTO THE CHURCH DURING THE FIRST SERVICE. |
| 00:52:39 | HE WAS A FRIEND AND HAD DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN GROWING FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MERRYVILLE TO A CHURCH OF GREAT SIZE AND GREAT MINISTRY IN THE AREA. |
| 00:52:55 | MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY OF MERRYVILLE, ILLINOIS. |
| 00:53:01 | MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE CHURCH AND CONGREGANTS OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. |
| 00:53:09 | WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF SINFUL HUMAN BEINGS. |
| 00:53:13 | SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND GOD'S WILL. |
| 00:53:16 | BUT THE PEOPLE OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MERRYVILLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF AN ISSUE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. |
| 00:53:23 | ALL THEY DO KNOW IS THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL AND THAT PASTOR ONE MINUTE CERTIFICATES JOINED IN HEAVEN WITH CHRIST, HIS LORD. |
| 00:53:36 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: ARE THERE FURTHER ONE-MINUTE REQUESTS? |
| 00:53:45 | THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL REQUESTS. |
| 00:53:50 | THE CLERK: LEAVES OF ABSENCE REQUESTED FOR MR. |
| 00:53:54 | ABERCROMBIE OF HAWAII FOR TODAY AND UNTIL 5:00 P. |
| 00:53:57 | M. ON MARCH 10, 2009. |
| 00:53:59 | FOR MR. |
| 00:54:01 | LUCAS OF OKLAHOMA FOR TODAY. |
| 00:54:03 | MR. GARY G MILLER OF -- G. |
| 00:54:06 | MILLER OF CALIFORNIA FOR TODAY AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK. |
| 00:54:08 | MR. RODRIGUEZ OF TEXAS FOR TODAY. |
| 00:54:10 | MR. STARK OF CALIFORNIA FOR TODAY. |
| 00:54:14 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION ALL REQUESTS ARE RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:54:19 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE? |
| 00:54:22 | MR. |
| 00:54:23 | POE: MADAM 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, REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS, AND INCLUDE THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. |
| 00:54:38 | MR. BURTON FOR TODAY, MARCH 10, 11, AND 12. |
| 00:54:41 | MS. ROS-LEHTINEN FOR MARCH 16. |
| 00:54:43 | MYSELF, MR. |
| 00:54:45 | POE, FOR MARCH 16. |
| 00:54:46 | MR. MCHENRY FOR TODAY, MARCH 10, 11, AND 12. |
| 00:54:50 | MR. |
| 00:54:51 | JONES FOR MARCH 16. |
| 00:54:53 | MR. |
| 00:54:54 | INKLES FOR MARCH 16. |
| 00:54:56 | AND -- INGLIS FOR MARCH 16. |
| 00:54:58 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:55:03 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE? |
| 00:55:05 | >> MADAM 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, TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS, AND INCLUDE THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. |
| 00:55:23 | MS. WOOLSEY FROM CALIFORNIA. |
| 00:55:26 | MR. DEFAZIO FROM OREGON. |
| 00:55:27 | AND MS. |
| 00:55:28 | KAPTUR FROM OHIO AGAIN FOR FIVE MINUTES EACH. |
| 00:55:31 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:55:39 | UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009, AND UNDER A PREVIOUS ORDER OF THE HOUSE, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES EACH. |
| 00:55:47 | MS. |
| 00:55:52 | WOOLSEY OF CALIFORNIA. |
| 00:55:53 | MR. |
| 00:56:09 | POE OF TEXAS. |
| 00:56:14 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. |
| 00:56:27 | MR. POE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:56:29 | BRING I YOU NEWS FROM THE SECOND FRONT. |
| 00:56:30 | I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FRONT ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES WITH MEXICO. |
| 00:56:35 | THIS PAST WEEKEND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH TWO OF THE SHERIFFS OF THE SHERIFFS BORDER COALITION, THERE ARE 20 COUNTIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE SHERR RIFFS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BORDER COALITION. |
| 00:56:47 | I SPENT TIME WITH TWO OF THOSE SHERIFFS. |
| 00:56:51 | SHERIFF WEST AND SHERIFF CORILLO. |
| 00:56:56 | THESE TWO COUNTIES ARE DIRECTLY EAST OF EL PASO COUNTY. |
| 00:56:59 | THE SIZE OF THESE TWO COUNTIES PUT TOGETHER ARE THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND PUT TOGETHER. |
| 00:57:05 | THEY ARE MASSIVE COUNTIES AND SPARSELY POP PEW LATED. |
| 00:57:08 | -- POPULATED. |
| 00:57:09 | THE SHERIFF IN EACH OF THESE COUNTIES AND HIS DEPUTIES KNOW EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE COUNTY. |
| 00:57:14 | UNLIKE THE BORDER PATROL WHO COME AND GO FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY NEVER REALLY KNOW THE PEOPLE OR THE CULTURE OR WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THOSE COUNTIES. |
| 00:57:22 | BUT THE BORDER SHERIFFS AND THEIR DEPUTIES SINCE MOST OF THEM GREW UP THERE AND WERE BORN THERE, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE THERE AND THOSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF, AS THEY CALL THEM, OUT OF TOWNERS. |
| 00:57:34 | THE PAST WEEKEND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SENT 5,000 TROOPS TO JUAREZ, MEXICO, THAT'S THE TOWN ACROSS FROM EL PASO. |
| 00:57:42 | THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE DRUG CARTELS AND VIOLENCE. |
| 00:57:45 | THE DRUG CARTELS ARE DOING WAR WITH NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES BUT THEY ARE DOING WAR WITH -- PHYSICALLY WITH THE MEXICAN MILITARY. |
| 00:57:54 | AND IT'S SO DANGEROUS DOWN THERE THAT FORT BLISS, ACROSS THE STREET, OR ACROSS THE RIVER FROM JUAREZ, THOSE SOLDIERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ ARE NOT PERMITTED TO GO TO JUAREZ. |
| 00:58:06 | THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS WARNED AMERICANS NOT TO GO TO JUAREZ BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF KIDNAPPINGS AND THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS OCCURRED THERE. |
| 00:58:15 | ALL BECAUSE OF THE DRUG CARTELS. |
| 00:58:19 | GOING BACK TO THE TWO COUNTIES OF CULL BERTSON AND HUTZPATH, ALL THAT CRIME STAYS THERE ON THE MEXICAN SIDE T NEVER COMES ON THE AMERICAN SIDE. |
| 00:58:30 | LET ME GIVE YOU A STATISTIC, MADAM SPEAKER, HOW THE BORDER SHERIFF, ALL THE BORDER SHERIFFS HAVE TO FIGHT THE DRUG EPIDEMIC AND THE CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND THE PROPERTY CRIMES IN THEIR COUNTY. |
| 00:58:42 | SHERIFF WEST HAS TWO JAILS, ONE HAS 125 PRISONERS, THE OTHER HAS 545. |
| 00:58:49 | AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT EVERY PERSON IN BOTH OF THOSE JAILS EXCEPT ONE WAS ILLEGALLY IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:58:57 | THERE WAS ONE CITIZEN. |
| 00:58:58 | THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT CHARGED WITH IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS. |
| 00:59:01 | THEY HAD JUST BEEN PICKED UP FOR ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE COUNTRY. |
| 00:59:04 | THEY HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST THE STATE OF TEXAS. |
| 00:59:08 | HE SAID IF HE DIDN'T HAVE TO KEEP ARRESTING FOLKS ILLEGALLY COMING INTO THE COUNTRY AND COMMITTING CRIMES IN HIS COUNTY, HE COULD CLOSE HIS JAIL DOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ONE CITIZEN IN THE WHOLE COUNTY OR THE COUNTY JAILS. |
| 00:59:21 | HE SAYS SELDOM DOES HE HAVE ANY LOCAL FOLKS PUT IN THAT JAIL. |
| 00:59:25 | YES, THE BORDER CRIME HAS COME TO THE UNITED STATES AND WILL ONLY GET WORSE. |
| 00:59:29 | BUT TO SHOW YOU HOW INNOVATIVE THESE SHERIFFS R. |
| 00:59:33 | THESE ARE POOR COUNTIES, THESE ARE LOW-INCOME COUNTIES WHERE YOU HAVE HARDWORKING PEOPLE, SPARSELY POPULATED. |
| 00:59:40 | THE SHERIFF HAS NO BUDGET FOR VEHICLES. |
| 00:59:42 | UNLIKE THE DRUG CARTELS THAT HAVE HUMVEES, THEY HAVE S. |
| 00:59:48 | U.V.'S, PICKUP TRUCKS, ALL THE THINGS THEY WANT, BORDER SHERIFF, THIS SHERIFF ESPECIALLY, HAS NO BUDGET IN THE COUNTY FOR VEHICLES. |
| 00:59:55 | SO HE HAS TO CONFISCATE DRUG VEHICLES WHEN HE CAPTURES THE BAD GUYS WITH DRUGS, AND THEN HE USES THOSE VEHICLES AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SEIZED FOR HIS DEPUTIES. |
| 01:00:05 | HE HAS 20 VEHICLES THAT HE USES FOR HIS 17 DEPUTIES. |
| 01:00:08 | HE HAS TWO OR THREE OF THESE 18 WHEELERS. |
| 01:00:11 | YES, HE'S CAPTURED AN 18 WHEELER. |
| 01:00:13 | IT'S SEIZED BY THE GOOD GUYS AGAINST THE BAD GUYS. |
| 01:00:17 | ALL OF HIS VEHICLES HE PUTS THIS NOTICE DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS CAB. |
| 01:00:22 | IT SAYS SEMITRUCK $80,000. |
| 01:00:25 | THE DRUGS WERE WORTH $40,000. |
| 01:00:28 | THE BAD GUY GOT 10 YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY. |
| 01:00:32 | AND THIS VEHICLE, THE SEIZURE OF THIS VEHICLE IS PRICELESS. |
| 01:00:35 | THAT'S HOW HE RUNS HIS SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WITH SEIZED VEHICLES. |
| 01:00:40 | I COMMEND HIM FOR DOING THAT. |
| 01:00:41 | IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DRUG SMUGGLERS HAVE MORE VEHICLES, BETTER VEHICLES, MORE MONEY, MORE MEN, AND BETTER EQUIPMENT. |
| 01:00:49 | THEY USE G. |
| 01:00:50 | P.S. TRACKING DEVICES TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR DRUG LOADS. |
| 01:00:53 | AS I MENTIONED THEY USE HUMVEES. |
| 01:00:56 | WE HAVE OCCURRENCES OF THE MEXICAN MILITARY HELPING MOVE THE DRUGS INTO THESE COUNTIES, OF COURSE HOMELAND SECURITY DENIED THAT OCCURRED. |
| 01:01:03 | THEY SAID THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. |
| 01:01:04 | BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WEST, SHERIFF WEST HAD THE WHOLE MEXICAN INFILTRATION INTO HIS COUNTY ON VIDEOTAPE. |
| 01:01:12 | ONCE HE VIDEOTAPED IT AND SHOWED IT TO HOMELAND SECURITY, WELL, MAYBE THEY ARE INTRUDING AND HELPING THE DRUG CARTELS. |
| 01:01:23 | . AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY. |
| 01:01:26 | THE SHERIFF MAKES $39,000. |
| 01:01:29 | THE OTHER SHERIFF MAKES $32,000 AND THE DEPUTIES MAKE $27,000 A YEAR AND THEY'RE PROTECTING US FROM THE DRUG CARTELS THAT HAVE MOVED INTO THE COUNTRY. |
| 01:01:39 | A GUY BRINGING DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO MAKE UP TO $1,500 A LOAD, MAKING FAR MORE THAN OUR OWN BORDER PROTECTERS. |
| 01:01:51 | THERE IS FOUR COMMODITIES BEING TRADED ON THE BORDER, TWO GOING NORTH AND SOUTH. |
| 01:01:57 | PEOPLE AND DRUGS. |
| 01:01:58 | THE COYOTES SMUGGLE PEOPLE. |
| 01:02:03 | THE TWO COMMODITIES GOING SOUTH, GUNS AND MONEY AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING TRADED ON THE BOARD OF MEXICO. |
| 01:02:12 | IT'S IMPORTANT WE PROVIDE OUR BORDER PROTECTOR WITH THE HUMVEES THEY NEED AND NEED TO PUT TROOPS ON THE BORDER BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE. |
| 01:02:22 | AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. |
| 01:02:27 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THANK YOU. |
| 01:02:29 | MR. |
| 01:02:32 | DEFAZIO. |
| 01:02:33 | MR. |
| 01:02:37 | JONES. |
| 01:02:38 | FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA RISE? |
| 01:02:42 | MR. BURTON: SINCE MR. |
| 01:02:44 | JONES IS NOT HERE, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 01:02:49 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:02:51 | MR. |
| 01:02:52 | BURTON: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 01:02:55 | MADAM SPEAKER, WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION IN THIS COUNTRY CALLED THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR. |
| 01:03:00 | IT'S A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN COALITION OF CHARITY IS, AND PHILANTRHOPIC PROGRAMS REPRESENTING CHARITABLE GROUPS IN EVERY STATE ACROSS THE NATION. |
| 01:03:14 | THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD MY LEADING, STRENGTHENING AND MOBILIZING THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY. |
| 01:03:22 | THE REASON THAT I BRING THIS UP TONIGHT IS THAT THE WAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH THE BUDGET, WANTS TO HELP FUND HEALTH CARE REFORM IS THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE CAN DEDUCT WHEN THEY MAKE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. |
| 01:03:37 | AND THIS ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, THE SALVATION ARMY, THE RED CROSS, ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS, SAYS THAT IF THE LEGISLATION PASSES IN THE BUDGET IN ITS PRESENT FORM, THEY WILL LOSE FOUR,000 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO DEDUCT THE AMOUNTS THEY DID BEFORE WHEN THEY MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS. |
| 01:04:08 | PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP FROM THE SALVATION ARMY, RED CROSS AND THESE OTHER PHILANTRHOPIC ORGANIZATIONS REALLY NEED HELP AND IF THEY CAN'T GET IT FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS THE PLACE THEY WILL TRY TO GET IT IS WHERE? |
| 01:04:22 | THE TAXPAYERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:04:24 | WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS SEE A TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM THESE INDEPENDENT PHILANTRHOPIC ORGANIZATIONS TO THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF WE START REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE CAN DEDUCT IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. |
| 01:04:39 | I THINK THAT'S TRAGIC. |
| 01:04:40 | AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY GEITHNER APPEARED BEFORE THE SENATE THIS PAST WEEK AND HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS AND HE SAID WELL, HE THINKS THERE MIGHT BE OTHER WAYS THAT THEY COULD FUND THE HEALTH CARE CHANGES IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT DIPPING INTO THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTIONS. |
| 01:04:57 | WELL, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE CHIEF OF STAFF OVER THERE INDICATED YESTERDAY ON "FACE THE NATION" THAT MR. |
| 01:05:04 | GEITHNER PROBABLY WASN'T RIGHT, THAT ONCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND IT. |
| 01:05:12 | I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. |
| 01:05:13 | I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THAT CHARITY AND THEY GET THE DEDUCTION FOR THAT. |
| 01:05:20 | IF THEY DON'T GET THAT CHARITABLE DEDUCTION, THEY WILL START CUTTING BACK ON THE MONEY THEY GIVE TO CHARITIES. |
| 01:05:26 | AND THE MINUTE THEY START DOING THAT, YOU WILL START SEEING CHARITIES WANTING FOR MONEY BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE GETTING THE MONEY THEY DID IN THE PAST. |
| 01:05:37 | THEY WILL LOSE MONEY IF THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP AND THE SENATE LEADERSHIP AND IF IT GOES THROUGH AND IT MAY GO THROUGH TOMORROW, THAT THESE CHARITIES WON'T GET THAT MONEY AND IT WILL BE BORNE BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND I SUBMIT IT WILL BE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, STATE GOVERNMENTS AND PROBABLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:06:01 | AND I THINK THAT'S JUST DEAD WRONG. |
| 01:06:04 | AND I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING TO MY COLLEAGUES BACK IN THEIR OFFICES, WE HAVE BEEN INCREASING THE MONEY SUPPLY, PRINTING MONEY MORE RAPIDLY, BECAUSE WE ARE INDEBTING THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY TO THE TUNE OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. |
| 01:06:17 | THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY WILL HAVE TO PRINT $3 TRILLION TO GIVE TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO KEEP THEM ABOVE WATER. |
| 01:06:26 | THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE BAILOUT BILL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE STIMULUS PACKAGE, ALL OF THOSE ADDS UP TO TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE IN SPENDING. |
| 01:06:36 | IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, THE MONEY SUPPLY HAS BEEN PRETTY LEVEL UP THROUGH THE YEAR 2000 AND THEN IT STARTS GOING UP LIKE A ROCKET AND NOW IT'S GOING STRAIGHT UP. |
| 01:06:45 | AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IF THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND I CAPTAIN TALK TO THEM, I KNOW, BUT IF HE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, THE INCREASE WILL COME TO THEM EVENTUALLY, HIGHER TAXES AND COST OF GOODS AND SERVICESES. |
| 01:07:02 | IF YOU HAVE MORE MONEY IN CIRCULATION AND WE ARE LOOKING AT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE THAT'S GOING TO BE TRINTED, THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE CHASING FEWER GOODS AND SERVICES FFMENT YOU BUY A LOAF OF BRED IT -- BRED, IT'S GOING TO COST MORE. |
| 01:07:23 | I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SPENDING. |
| 01:07:27 | WE HAVE TO SAY TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, IT'S TIME TO CUT SPENDING. |
| 01:07:33 | WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND MORE OR THESE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. |
| 01:07:36 | WE OUGHT TO BE CUTTING TAXES TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH. |
| 01:07:40 | AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY IS NOT SADDLED WITH MORE DEBT AND HYPER INFLATION. |
| 01:07:49 | THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON THAT TROUBLES ME IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY AND IT COMES DOWN TO SPENDING MORE MONEY AND IMPOSING MORE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS AND THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. |
| 01:08:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 01:08:05 | MS. KAPTUR. |
| 01:08:06 | MR. |
| 01:08:09 | INGLIS. |
| 01:08:11 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES DO YOU RISE? |
| 01:08:17 | >> ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR FIVE MINUTES, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:08:20 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: NO OBJECTION. |
| 01:08:23 | MR. |
| 01:08:24 | INGLIS: I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SERIES ON OUR ENERGY INSECURITY PROBLEM AND OPPORTUNITY. |
| 01:08:30 | AND IT CLEARLY IS THAT. |
| 01:08:31 | IT'S BOTH A DANGER AND AN OPPORTUNITY. |
| 01:08:35 | OUR ENERGY INSECURITY, THE FACT THAT WE ARE DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN NATIONS FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION FUELS AND THE FACT THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A GREAT PLAN AT THIS POINT ABOUT HOW TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY. |
| 01:08:47 | WE HAVE THIS ENERGY INSECURITY, AND WE'VE GOT A DANGER THERE AND WE ALSO HAVE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. |
| 01:08:54 | SPEAKING ESPECIALLY TO FELLOW CONSERVATIVES, I WONDER IF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IS BEING CONTROLLED, ON CONSERVATIVES' ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IS BEING CONTROLLED BY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE. |
| 01:09:09 | YOU KNOW IT'S SAID THAT HE WHO ANGERS YOU CONTROLS YOU. |
| 01:09:15 | SO I WONDER IF THE FACT THAT WHEN WE HEAR CLIMATE CHANGE, WE SEE AL GORE AND WE GET ANGRY. |
| 01:09:21 | MAKES MUSLIM ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT'S CONTROLLING OUR VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE. |
| 01:09:29 | WOULDN'T IT BE SOMETHING IF WE CONSERVATIVES WERE ACTUALLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF AL GORE, BECAUSE HE ANGERS US SO MUCH THAT WE CAN'T SEE PAST HIM AND SOME CLAIMS THAT HE MAKES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. |
| 01:09:45 | SOME CONSERVATIVES THINK THAT IS A BUNCH OF HOOEY, BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE PAST THAT TO THE JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITY AND TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY RISK, THEN IS HE REALLY CONTROLLING US? |
| 01:10:00 | SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FELLOW CONSERVATIVES, IS THAT REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE? |
| 01:10:08 | DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE CONTROLLED BY A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OR DO WE WANT TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY, JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITY AND THEN MOVE TO ACT TO SOLVE IT? |
| 01:10:24 | I THINK THAT THE SOLUTION THAT CONSERVATIVES BRING IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MARKETS AND HOW ECONOMICS WORKS AND HOW IT IS THAT PEOPLE MAKING PROFIT WILL ACTUALLY SOLVE THIS ENERGY INSECURITY PROBLEM. |
| 01:10:42 | SO TRY THIS OUT FOR SIZE. |
| 01:10:44 | YOU KNOW, IF I'M MAKING INGLIS WIDGETS AT MY FACTORY AND BURNING AND DUMPING ASH ON MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY, IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR ME. |
| 01:11:02 | IT STINKS FOR MY NEIGHBOR. |
| 01:11:04 | NOW UNDER BIBLICAL LAW, MY NEIGHBOR WOULD HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST ME. |
| 01:11:10 | UNDER AMERICAN COMMON LAW AND VIRTUE OF THE E. |
| 01:11:12 | P.A. AND REGULATIONS, MY NEIGHBOR WOULD HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST ME OR A REGULATORY REGIME TO HELP HIM OUT. |
| 01:11:20 | IF I'M HEARD TO COMPLAIN TO THE LOCAL CONGRESSMAN, NOW, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME PUT SCRUBBERS ON MY SMOKE STACK BECAUSE THAT WILL DRIVE UP THE PRICE OF MY WIDGETS. |
| 01:11:34 | THE INGLIS WIDGETS WILL GO UP IN PRICE AND THE CUSTOMERS WILL HURT. |
| 01:11:38 | WILL IT OR WILL IT ACTUALLY CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER ENTREPRENEUR ACROSS TOWN WHO IS READY TO COMPETE WITH ME AND TAKE ME OUT BECAUSE HE'S GOT A CLEANER PROCESS, A SMALLER SMOKE STACK, IF YOU WILL. |
| 01:11:53 | SO SOCIETY WANTS TO MOVE ALONG TO THAT BETTER PRODUCT THAT MY COMPETITOR IS OFFERING ACROSS TOWN AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE ME KEEP MY ASH ON MY PROPERTY. |
| 01:12:09 | IT'S CALLED INTERNALIZING THE HE CAN TERNLS. |
| 01:12:12 | IT'S A MARKET DISTORTION WE HAVE TO FIX. |
| 01:12:16 | IF WE FIX IT, MY TECHNOLOGY, THE CHEAPER WIDGETS BECAUSE I GET TO DUMP ASH ON MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE AND THE COMPETING TECHNOLOGY TAKES ME OUT. |
| 01:12:30 | THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH GASOLINE, FOR EXAMPLE. |
| 01:12:33 | THE REASON THAT GASOLINE IS SO CHEAP AND THE REASON IT'S SO CHEAP IS THESE NEGATIVE FACTORS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE MARKET, THE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. |
| 01:12:46 | IF YOU STUCK THOSE ONTO THE PRODUCT OF GASOLINE AND SAID NOW, GASOLINE, COMPETE WITH PLUG-IN HYBRIDS, SUDDENLY, PLUG-IN HYBRIDS WOULD BE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE THE COMPETITION WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THE INCUMBENT TECHNOLOGY. |
| 01:13:04 | I THINK THAT'S AN INHERENTLY CONSERVATIVE IDEA AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDING HOW MARKETS WORK, ECONOMICS WORK AND HOW PROFIT CAN SOLVE THIS ENERGY INSECURITY. |
| 01:13:14 | BECAUSE IF WE GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THAT COMPETING TECHNOLOGY CAN TAKE OUT THE INCUMBENT TECHNOLOGY, WE WILL BREAK THIS ADDICTION TO OIL AND WE WILL IMPROVE THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:13:28 | AND WE WILL CREATE JOBS BECAUSE THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGIES HAVE A LOT OF JOBS IN THEM. |
| 01:13:34 | AND SO EVEN IF YOU THINK THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A BUNCH OF HOOEY, THERE ARE TWO OTHER REASONS TO PURSUE IT THAT ARE EQUALLY VALID AND VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES TO FIX THIS ENERGY INSECURITY THAT WE FACE AND THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU AGAIN. |
| 01:13:55 | MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD CONSENSUS, TO BUILD, TO COLLABORATE AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. |
| 01:14:02 | WE CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. |
| 01:14:06 | THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 01:14:10 | MR. |
| 01:14:12 | HK HENRY. |
| 01:14:14 | -- MR. |
| 01:14:16 | MCHENRY. |
| 01:14:18 | UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM OHIO, MS. |
| 01:14:25 | FUDGE, IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60 MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE MAJORITY LEADER. |
| 01:14:33 | MS. FUDGE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:14:35 | I ASK FOR FIVE DAYS DURING WHICH MEMBERS CAN ENTER CONTENT AND ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND STEPPED MY REMARKS. |
| 01:14:45 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:14:47 | MS. |
| 01:14:48 | FUDGE: I'M A MEMBERS OF THE JURY MEMBER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. |
| 01:14:51 | THE C. |
| 01:14:52 | B.C. IS CHAIRED BY THE HONORABLE BARBARA LEE FROM THE 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. |
| 01:14:58 | I REPRESENT THE 11TH DISTRICT OF OHIO. |
| 01:15:03 | C. |
| 01:15:04 | B.C. MEMBERS ARE ADVOCATES FOR THE HUMAN FAMILY NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE AS REGIONAL AND LOCAL ACTIVISTS. |
| 01:15:15 | WE WORK TO BE THE CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS, BUT UNDERSTAND ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL. |
| 01:15:21 | THEREFORE, WE PROVIDE DEDICATED AND FOCUSED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS AND THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WE SERVE. |
| 01:15:31 | . THE VISION OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC WELFARE THROUGH LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MILLIONS OF NEGLECTED CITIZENS CONTINUES TO BE OUR FOCAL POINT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE WORK AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACKHAWKS -- BLACK CAUCUS TODAY. |
| 01:15:48 | MORE THAN EVER IT IS NECESSARY WE AS LEADERS HELP THOSE WHOM WE SERVE. |
| 01:15:52 | AS THE FLOOR MODERATOR TODAY FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS SPECIAL ORDER HOUR, I HAVE TO ADD IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE PUT THE MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. |
| 01:16:03 | FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS WE HAVE LIVED IN A CLOUD OF CORPORATE MISDEEDS, BACKROOM DEALINGS, AND EXTREME TAX CUTS THAT HAVE ONLY BEEN FITTED THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THIS NATION. |
| 01:16:16 | DUE TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S LACK OF GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, INTERVENTION, AND INATTENTION, WE NOW FACE THE TOUGHEST ECONOMY IN OUR LIFETIME. |
| 01:16:26 | SUCH NEGLECT AND INATTENTION HAVE LED TO THIS STORM CALLED A HOUSING CRISIS, COLLAPSE OF THE STOCK MARKET, AND RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS THAT LEAVES MOST AMERICANS IN A STATE OF SHOCK. |
| 01:16:40 | IN 2008, NEARLY FOUR MILLION JOBS WERE LOST ACROSS THE NATION. |
| 01:16:45 | IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS AT A STAGGERING 10. |
| 01:16:52 | 2%. THE OVERALL AFRICAN-AMERICAN EMPLOYMENT RATE IS EVEN GREATER, CURRENTLY OVER 13%. |
| 01:16:59 | IN THESE DIRE TIMES, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO HELP OUR NATION AND OUR PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. |
| 01:17:07 | THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND ILLUSTRATE OUR DESIRE TO BERT THE LIVES OF SO MANY AMERICANS -- BETTER THE LIVES OF SO MANY AMERICANS IS WITH OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. |
| 01:17:18 | I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR HIS THOUGHTFUL BUDGET THAT SIGNALS A NEW ERA OF RESPONSIBILITY. |
| 01:17:25 | I WANT TO APPLAUD HIS ATTENTION TO OUR NATION'S MOST URGENT NEEDS. |
| 01:17:30 | JOB TRAINING AND JOB CREATION, HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. |
| 01:17:34 | I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THE PARTICULAR ATTENTION THAT THIS BUDGET GIVES TO THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR VETERANS. |
| 01:17:41 | FINALLY I APPLAUD THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE THAT NEED US THE MOST, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR ELDERLY. |
| 01:17:50 | AS THE FORMER MAYOR OF WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OHIO, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL MAYORS AND LOCAL LEADERS, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S FULL FUNDING OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS. |
| 01:18:02 | THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET PROVIDES $4. |
| 01:18:06 | 5 BILLION TO FULLY FUND THIS PROGRAM. |
| 01:18:10 | AS LEGISLATORS, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO GET OURSELVES OUT OF THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS. |
| 01:18:16 | TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WE MUST LOOK TO PROGRAMS THAT HELP IMPROVE AND GROW OUR ECONOMY. |
| 01:18:23 | HISTORICALLY FOR EVERY $1 OF FUNDING THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, NEARLY $3 IS LEVERAGED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. |
| 01:18:32 | WHEN A CITY NEEDS A GROCERY STORE OR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS BLOCK GRANT FUND SOMETHING UTILIZED AND HELPS BUILD NEIGHBORHOODS. |
| 01:18:40 | THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROGRAMS WHERE THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO THE LOCALITY. |
| 01:18:44 | IT DOES NOT GET TIED UP IN STATE GOVERNMENT OR FEDERAL AFFAIRS. |
| 01:18:48 | THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY GOES TO THE AREAS WHERE LOCAL LEADERS CAN HELP EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR LOCAL CITIZENS. |
| 01:18:56 | IN CLEVELAND, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS HAVE GONE TO ASSIST OUR HOUSING TRUST FUND. |
| 01:19:02 | EVERY DOLLAR OF INVESTMENT LEVERAGED IS $5 OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT. |
| 01:19:07 | IN 2008, HOUSING TRUST FUND FUNDS WERE COMMITTED TO PROJECTS THAT SUPPORTED NEARLY 700 ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING UNITS. |
| 01:19:16 | THIS MONEY HAS ALSO GONE TO COMBAT FORECLOSURE. |
| 01:19:20 | CDBG FUNDS ARE THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR SUPPORTING A RANGE OF ACTIVITY TO RESPOND TO THE AFTERMATH OF FORECLOSURES. |
| 01:19:28 | THIS YEAR BLOCK GRANTS CAN PROVIDE $300,000 FOR ANTI-PREDATORY LEAND LENDING PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY CLEVELAND'S DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND OTHER NONPROFIT AGENCIES. |
| 01:19:39 | OVER 400,000 FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. |
| 01:19:42 | AND ALMOST 900,000 FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND LAND REUTILIZATION ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE EITHER VACANT OR HAVE BEEN THROUGH FORECLOSURE. |
| 01:19:51 | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS WILL HELP WITH HOUSING SERVICES FOR LOW OR MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. |
| 01:19:57 | THESE FUNDS ARE CRITICAL SOURCE OF ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WITH FUNDING TO REPAIR THEIR HOMES. |
| 01:20:05 | THIS YEAR OVER $2. |
| 01:20:06 | 2 MILLION IS EXPECTED TO BE USED FOR HOME REPAIR ASSISTANCE FROM THESE FUNDS. |
| 01:20:11 | THIS GRANT WILL ALSO HELP COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. |
| 01:20:15 | APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION SUPPORTS A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOUSING SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. |
| 01:20:25 | FINALLY, CDBG FUNDING WILL HELP CITYWIDE SERVICES, HOUSING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS FORECLOSURE COUNSELING, HOME OTHERSHIP COUNSELING, LANDLORD-TENANT COUNSELING, AND FAIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE. |
| 01:20:38 | THE FUNDS ALSO SUPPORT NONPROFITS THAT OFFER SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AND FOOD PROGRAMS FOR OUR SENIORS AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. |
| 01:20:48 | MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD NOW YIELD TO THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AND OUR CHAIR, THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. |
| 01:20:56 | BARBARA LEE. |
| 01:20:57 | MS. LEE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 01:20:58 | LET ME THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO FOR YIELDING AND ALSO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THAT CLEAR AND POWERFUL STATEMENT. |
| 01:21:06 | THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS EACH WEEK HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND ENTIRE COUNTRY. |
| 01:21:15 | THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN FUDGE. |
| 01:21:17 | JUST A COUPLE LIKES I'D LIKE TO SAY TONIGHT ON THE BUDGET. |
| 01:21:20 | I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS, CONGRESSMAN BOBBY SCOTT, WHO CONSISTENTLY EACH AND EVERY YEAR PULLS TOGETHER HIS TASK FORCE, I SERVE AS A MEMBER OF HIS TASK FORCE, TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL BUDGET AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS' FOCUS IS COUCHED WITHIN THE FACT THAT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE THE CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS AND THAT THE BUDGET REFLECTS OUR VALUES. |
| 01:21:50 | THE BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT. |
| 01:21:52 | AND IT'S WITHIN THAT PERSPECTIVE AND THOSE LENS THAT WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET. |
| 01:21:57 | LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY. |
| 01:22:02 | AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE HIV-AIDS AN DEMOCRATIC IS DEVASTATING THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BOTH HERE AND OF COURSE ABROAD, ESPECIALLY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. |
| 01:22:15 | WE BELIEVE THE TIME HAS COME TO REALLY PUT FORTH A NATIONAL HIV-AIDS STRATEGY, A PLAN, AND FUND IT. |
| 01:22:24 | WE ALSO ESTABLISHED IN 1999 UNDER THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS, THE MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE. |
| 01:22:30 | THIS YEAR WE ARE PUSHING TO FUND THAT MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE AT LEAST AT $645 MILLION, $650 MILLION, THAT'S REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET. |
| 01:22:42 | WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. |
| 01:22:43 | WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS AS IT RELATES TO HIV-AIDS ARE TARGETED AND DIRECTED TO WHERE THE PROBLEM IS THE GREATEST. |
| 01:22:52 | OF COURSE WE KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, HIV-AIDS IS OFF THE SCALE. |
| 01:22:59 | SO WE MUST DO MORE AND WE HAVE TO GET THIS MOVING VERY QUICKLY. |
| 01:23:03 | SECONDLY I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION THIS DEFENSE BUDGET. |
| 01:23:06 | EACH AND EVERY YEAR THERE ARE A FEW OF US WHO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ALL, AS THE DAUGHTER OF A LIEUTENANT COLONEL I AM AS I ALWAYS SAY A MILITARY BRAT, I SUPPORT A STRONG MILITARY. |
| 01:23:18 | STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE. |
| 01:23:20 | AND OUR TROOPS. |
| 01:23:21 | IT'S TIME THAT WE LOOK AT A REALISTIC NATIONAL SECURITY BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES. |
| 01:23:29 | NOT TO CONTINUE TO FUND MANY OF THOSE COLD WAR-ERA WEAPONS SYSTEMS WHICH ARE BEING BUILT FOR A THREAT THAT DOESN'T EXIST. |
| 01:23:38 | SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS AND I HAVE FOUND IN THE G. |
| 01:23:44 | A.O. STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE DEFENSE BUDGET THERE'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN THE DEFENSE BUDGET. |
| 01:23:50 | IT'S TIME WE LOOK AT CLOSING SOME OF THOUGH ITEMS THE G. |
| 01:23:53 | A.O. IDENTIFIED. |
| 01:23:54 | I BELIEVE WE COULD GET UP TO $80 BILLION IN CUTS JUST BASED ON CLOSING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. |
| 01:24:01 | THERE'S MUCH TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET. |
| 01:24:04 | THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR. |
| 01:24:05 | IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GIVEN THE ECONOMIC RECESSION AND SO WE MUST HAVE A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES OF OUR COUNTRY. |
| 01:24:13 | INCLUDING ADDRESSING POVERTY IN A BIG WAY. |
| 01:24:16 | EIGHT MORE MILLION PEOPLE NOW ARE LIVING IN POVERTY AS A RESULT, UNFORTUNATELY, OF THE POLICIES OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. |
| 01:24:23 | WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESSED THESE MORAL GAPS. |
| 01:24:28 | THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE. |
| 01:24:29 | THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. |
| 01:24:30 | THE DIGNITY OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS MUST BE REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET. |
| 01:24:34 | THAT IS WHAT THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS SEEKS TO DO TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD NOT ONLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HAVE THE SUPPORT AND THE GOVERNMENT, OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THEIR DIGNITY AND THEIR WORTH. |
| 01:24:49 | SO I WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN BOBBY SCOTT AND CONGRESSWOMAN MARCIA FUDGE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THAT AND JUST KNOW WE ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER BUDGET COMES OUT OF HERE REFLECT THE MORRALL -- MORRALL VALUES SHALL D -- MORALE VALUES OF OUR COUNTRY. |
| 01:25:08 | MS. |
| 01:25:09 | FUDGE: AT THIS TIME, MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTENSEN. |
| 01:25:16 | MRS. |
| 01:25:17 | CHRISTENSEN: THANK YOU. |
| 01:25:18 | MADAM SPEAKER, I JOIN MY CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS COLLEAGUES THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST ASPECT OF OUR FEDERAL BUDGET, HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE SPENDING. |
| 01:25:28 | I ALSO RISE NOT ONLY AS A COLLEAGUE AND AS A PHYSICIAN, BUT ALSO AS CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS HEALTH BRAIN TRUST WHOSE MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES' UNIQUE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE ISSUES ARE AT THE FOREFRONT AS OUR BUDGET PROCESS PROCEEDS. |
| 01:25:42 | AND FINALLY I RISE TO APPLAUD PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THE STEPS HE'S TAKEN AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE TO ENSURE THE SOCIAL DETERMINE NANCE OF HEALTH ARE FULLY CONSIDERED AND SOLUTIONS FULLY INTEGRATED INTO HEALTH CARE REFORM. |
| 01:25:55 | IN RECENT YEARS I HAVE JOINED SOME OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS ON THE HILL TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET AS A MORAL DOCUMENT AS YOU HAVE HEARD OUR CHAIR LADY SPEAK TO A FEW MINUTES AGO. |
| 01:26:05 | AS A DOCUMENT THAT REPRESENTS OUR COUNTRY'S VALUES AND OUR VALUES AS A PEOPLE. |
| 01:26:10 | IN THOSE YEARS WE DECRIED THE FACT THAT THE BUDGETS SENT TO CONGRESS BY THE THEN PRESIDENT DID NOT INCLUDE SUPPORT OR IN ANY WAY FOSTER WORK THAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO BY OUR FAITH. |
| 01:26:20 | NOT JUST CHRISTIAN FAITH BUT OF ANY FAITH. |
| 01:26:23 | ESSENTIALLY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE LEAST OF THESE ARE MET. |
| 01:26:28 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS IS A -- AS A GROUP HAS MET WITH PAST PRESIDENTS JUST AS WE HIT WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA TWO WEEKS AGO. |
| 01:26:36 | WE OUTLINE OUR PRIORITIES AND INDICATE OUR HOPE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT IN HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, HOUSING, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS WITH AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN. |
| 01:26:48 | UNTIL NOW NEITHER HAVE THE GOALS OF THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OR THE C. |
| 01:26:52 | B.C. WHICH PARALLEL EACH OTHER EVEN BEEN PARTIALLY APPROACHED. |
| 01:26:56 | IN FACT, IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE STRONG POSITION TAKEN BY THE DEMOCRATS IN THIS BODY AND SOME OF OUR LESION ON THE OTHER SIDE WHO JOINED US TO PROTECT THEM, PROGRAMS LIKE MEDICAID, HART -- HEAD START, HEALTHY START, AND MANY OTHERS WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY COMPROMISED AND THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS WITH THEM. |
| 01:27:16 | WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FARRER TO REMEMBER THAT EXPANDED COVERAGE FOR UNINSURED CHILDREN IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH UNTIL THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION WAS SWORN IN. |
| 01:27:24 | BUT CHANGE HAS COME AND WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE REASON TO HOPE FOR A NEW AND BERT DAY. |
| 01:27:29 | WE ARE PLEASED AS WE LOOK AT THE OUTLINE OF -- THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SENT FOR THE YEAR 2010 IT RESONATES NOT JUST WITH OUR REQUESTS OR THAT OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THAT IT RESPONDS TO MANY OF THE LONG UNMET NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 01:27:46 | AND THE BILLS ON A VERY IMPORTANT DOWN PAYMENT MADE BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT ALREADY REACHING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PROVIDING A LIFE LINE TO FAMILIES IN THIS TIME OF DIRE ECONOMIC STRESS. |
| 01:28:00 | I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH CARE PARTS OF OUR BUDGET BECAUSE AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS THE GRAVE DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH CARE ACCESS, QUALITY, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES THAT HAVE HAD A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT UNDER HEALTH WELLNESS AND LIFE OPPORTUNITIES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EVERY SINGLE YEAR HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF ISSUES OF -- FOCAL ISSUES OF MY EFFORTS AND THOSE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. |
| 01:28:22 | THESE DIFFERENCES NOT ONLY EXIST ALONG LINES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY, BUT ALSO ALONG THE LINES OF GENDER AND GEOGRAPHY. |
| 01:28:29 | AND THE SAD REALITY IS THIS, BECAUSE WE AS A NATION HAVE NOT TAKEN THE STEPS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THESE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE GAPS. |
| 01:28:37 | IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 100,000 PEOPLE, A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF WHOM ARE RATIONAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES DIE PREMATURELY FROM IDENTICAL CAUSES EVERY YEAR. |
| 01:28:49 | ADDITIONALLY BECAUSE PROGRESS ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF HEALTH INEQUITIES HAS BEEN STAGNANT, HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE NO LONGER ONLY A RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY HEALTH PROBLEM. |
| 01:28:59 | TODAY THEY ARE AN AMERICAN ISSUE. |
| 01:29:01 | THIS FAILURE TO IMPROVE TO ADDRESSING ITS ROOT CAUSES NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, BUT UNDERMINES THEM FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY AND WEAKENS OUR COUNTRY'S POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD. |
| 01:29:12 | THE GOOD NEWS, HOWEVER S. |
| 01:29:13 | THAT WE ARE IN A NEW POLITICAL DAY AND I'M EXTREMELY HEARTENED OUR NEW PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT PRESIDENT OBAMA, IS AGGRESSIVELY TAKING STEPS TO CONTINUE THE WORK BEGUN IN THE ARRA AND MAKING A SIZABLE COMMITMENT TO THE TUNE OF $634 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS ON HEALTH CARE REFORM. |
| 01:29:31 | AND SO WE ARE PLEASED THAT HE'S MAKING GOOD ON HIS PROMISE TO ENSURE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE OF THOSE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT AND FORGOTTEN FOR FAR TOO LONG. |
| 01:29:41 | IN DOING SO TO BRING ABOUT MEANINGFUL AND THOUGHTFUL REFORM TO OUR NATION'S VERY BROKEN AND OUTDATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. |
| 01:29:48 | WHAT'S MORE I APPLAUD HIS -- PRESIDENT'S EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION WITH THIS BUDGET'S HISTORIC $1 BILLION INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION. |
| 01:29:56 | AS WELL AS THE OTHER PROVISION THAT IS WILL ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINE NANCE -- DETERMINEANCE THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY SEEN AS HEALTH RELATED. |
| 01:30:04 | AN INVESTMENT WORTH MAKING ESPECIALLY STUDIES CONFIRM THAT ROUGHLY 60% OF THE PREMATURE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND BEHAVE YORBLE CHOICES ALL OF WHICH COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PREVENTION AND A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH. |
| 01:30:27 | . WE KNOW THAT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AS A DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:30:33 | SO DOES PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHOSE FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET STRENGTHENS AND REFORMS THE NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EXPANDS CHANCES FOR COLLEGE. |
| 01:30:44 | WE KNOW HAVING ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS LIVING IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY STABLE HAS AN IMPACT ON HEALTH. |
| 01:30:53 | THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROVIDES $1 BILLION FOR A HOUSING TRUST FUND. |
| 01:31:01 | ADDITIONALLY, IT INVESTS $3. |
| 01:31:02 | 2 BILLION FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HELP LOW INCOME FAMILIES WITH THEIR HOME EATING AND COOLING EXPENSES WHICH WILL NOT ONLY PREVENT ACCIDENTS BUT WILL ENSURE THAT OUR HOMES ARE NOT PLACES THAT MAKE US SICK. |
| 01:31:21 | WE KNOW THAT FOODS WE EAT AFFECTS OUR HEALTH. |
| 01:31:26 | THE BUDGET INCLUDES MONEY TO EXPAND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. |
| 01:31:32 | FURTHER, WE ARE IMPRESSED THAT THIS BUDGET SEEMS TO REFLECT ONE ASPECT OF HEALTH DISPARITY ELIMINATION THAT MANY PREVIOUS BUDGETS FAILED TO GRASP THAT IT REQUIRES MORE THAN COVERING ALL OUR NATION'S UNINSURED, AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IS. |
| 01:31:51 | WE KNOW THAT THE LACK OF INSURANCE ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY 20% OF THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WE HEAR ABOUT YEAR AND YEAR. |
| 01:32:03 | I'M HEARTENING THIS -- HEARTENED THIS BUDGET INCLUDES INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE MANY PROGRAMS NEEDED TO INCREASE HEALTH EQUITY. |
| 01:32:14 | I LOOK FORWARD AS CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS HEALTH BRAIN CHAIR TO ADDRESSING THIS IN A MANNER THAT NOT ONLY GETS THIS DONE, BUT GETS IT DONE RIGHT. |
| 01:32:34 | CLOSING GAPS IN THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE AND ENSURING OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE STRENGTHENED, I MUST SAY THAT HEALTH DISPARITY ELIMINATION MUST BE A FOCUS AS WELL. |
| 01:32:51 | HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE AMONG THE KEY FACTORS THAT DRIVE UP HEALTH CARE COSTS, COSTS WE AS A NATION STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN EVERY YEAR. |
| 01:32:59 | I KNOW THAT DESIGNING A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT ADDRESSES THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT EXACERBATE HEALTH INEQUITIES WILL REQUIRE THE WILLING TO TAKE BOLD STEPS IN VATIONNARE LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT MORE THAN ONE STEP IS TAKEN. |
| 01:33:15 | HOWEVER, I ALSO KNOW WE HAVE BOTH OF THOSE TODAY. |
| 01:33:18 | BOTH IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND IN THIS CONGRESS. |
| 01:33:21 | TOGETHER WE CAN REFORM OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN A MANNER THAT CHAMPIONS HEALTH EQUITY AND WE CAN MAKE THIS NATION ONE PERSON AND ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME HEALTHIER, STRONGER, AND BETTER PREPARED FOR TOMORROW. |
| 01:33:32 | I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE OF THE SPECIAL ORDER EVERY MONDAY EVENING AND FOR FOCUSING ON THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET TONIGHT. |
| 01:33:44 | MS. |
| 01:33:45 | FUDGE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 01:33:46 | I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WHO IS ALWAYS IN OUR CAUCUS AND IN THIS CONGRESS A LEADING ADVOCATE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM. |
| 01:33:55 | AT THIS TIME I YIELD TO THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 01:34:01 | ROBERT BOBBY SCOTT. |
| 01:34:04 | " MR. |
| 01:34:06 | SCOTT: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:34:07 | I THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO FOR ORGANIZING THIS SPECIAL ORDER. |
| 01:34:12 | THE BUDGET IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WORK. |
| 01:34:16 | THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET. |
| 01:34:23 | BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE. |
| 01:34:29 | SOMETIMES YOU NEED CHARTS TO ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE WHAT THE SITUATION IS. |
| 01:34:33 | THIS IS A CHART SHOWING FROM 19 89, THE BUDGET DEFICIT, STARTING IN 1993 WE WENT UP TO SUR PLUGS, UNFORTUNATELY IN 2001, WE HAD A COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF THE BUDGET, 2008, THE DEFICIT WILL BE ABOUT HERE, A LITTLE OVER $400 BILLION. |
| 01:34:52 | 2009, WILL LITERALLY BE OFF THE CHART. |
| 01:34:58 | SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. |
| 01:35:00 | IN 1993, WE MADE THE TOUGH CHOICES, ELIMINATED THE DEFICIT, WENT INTO SURPLUS AND HAD ENOUGH IN -- IN THE BEGINNING OF 2001, ENOUGH OF A SURPLUS TO PAY SOCIAL SECURITY FOR 75 YEARS WITHOUT REDUCE ANYTHING BENEFITS OR TO PAY OFF THE ENTIRE DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC BY LAST YEAR. |
| 01:35:20 | WE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE FINANCIALLY IN 2001, BUT WE MADE THE WRONG CHOICES AND THE REST IS HISTORY. |
| 01:35:31 | THE DETIERORATION IN THE BUDGET FROM THE $5. |
| 01:35:34 | 5 TRILLION SURPLUS TO THE $3 TRILLION OR $4 TRILLION DEFICIT WAS A SWING OF ALMOST $9 TRILLION. |
| 01:35:42 | ALMOST $1 TRILLION A YEAR DETIERORATION IN THE BUDGET. |
| 01:35:51 | THIS CHART SHOWS WHERE THE DEBT HELD, THE PUBLIC DEBT HAS EXPLODED IN 2001, WE WERE HEADED BY THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS TO PAYING OFF NOT ONLY THE DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC, BUT ALL OF THE DEBT, PUTTING MONEY BACK IN THE TRUST FUNDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. |
| 01:36:11 | INSTEAD, THE DEBT HAS TOTALLY EXPLODED. |
| 01:36:16 | ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DEBT IS THAT MORE AND MORE OF IT IS COMING FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. |
| 01:36:28 | PRIMARILY SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN, AND CHINA, AND THAT HAS FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS. |
| 01:36:33 | YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE A GOOD TRADE DEAL WHEN THE NEXT THING OUT OF YOUR MUTH IS -- MOUTH IS, CAN I BORROW SOME MONEY. |
| 01:36:41 | WHEN YOU'RE BORROWING MONEY FROM SAUDI ARABIA THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS ON OUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE GASOLINE AND OIL PRICES. |
| 01:36:49 | THE DEBT HELD IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES WAS HEADED TOWARD ZERO. |
| 01:36:53 | IT HAS, AGAIN, EXPLODED. |
| 01:36:55 | NOW WE HAVE OVER $2 TRILLION HELD -- OF OUR DEBT HELD IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. |
| 01:37:01 | NOW WE GOT IN THIS MESS BECAUSE WE HAD UNAFFORDABLE TAX CUTS, PRIMARILY FOR THE WEALTHY. |
| 01:37:08 | PEOPLE GET MAD WHEN YOU SAY, PRIMARILY FOR THE WEALTHY, BUT IT WAS DONE, PRESUMABLY TO CREATE JOBS THIS CHART SHOWS HOW, IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IN TERMS OF JOB GROWTH, WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE WORST JOB GROWTH SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| 01:37:26 | HERBERT HOOVER IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT ON THIS CHART WHO HAS DONE WORSE THAN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. |
| 01:37:36 | THERE'S VERY POOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AS MEASURED BY THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE THIS CHART SHOWS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE FROM HOOVER, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, TRUMAN, EISENHOWER, KENNEDY-JOHNSON, NIXON-FORD, CARTER, REAGAN, BUSH, CLINTON, THE WORST SINCE HERBERT HOOVER IN TERMS OF DOW PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. |
| 01:38:04 | NOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID ALL THESE TAX CUTS INCREASED REVENUES. |
| 01:38:11 | THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE. |
| 01:38:13 | SINCE 1960, CHART, JUST TO BREAK DOWN THE COLOR CODE A GREEN BAR IS A YEAR IN WHICH WE ACHIEVED RECORD REVENUES IN INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX. |
| 01:38:25 | RECORD REVENUES. |
| 01:38:26 | A RED BAR IS ONE WHERE A RECORD WAS NOT ACHIEVED. |
| 01:38:29 | YOU'LL NOTICE SINCE 1960, TAX CUTS, TAX INCREASES, RECESSIONS, DEPRESSION, EVERYTHING FROM GOOD YEARS, BAD YEARS, SINCE 1960, ONLY TWO YEARS IN WHICH WE DID NOT ACHIEVE A RECORD SYSTEM OF TO SAY WE HAD ADDITIONAL REVENUES WOULD BE -- WOULDN'T BE SAYING MUCH, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE REVENUES BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN THAT. |
| 01:38:52 | BECAUSE IN 2001 WE DID NOT ACHIEVE A RECORD. |
| 01:38:56 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, WE WENT FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE THEY STARTED TAKING RECORDS IN 1930'S, DID YOU GO MORE THAN TWO YEARS WITHOUT ACHIEVING A RECORD. |
| 01:39:10 | YOU'VE HAD WORLD WARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. |
| 01:39:14 | THE RECORD, FIVE YEARS WITHOUT A RECORD. |
| 01:39:16 | SO THE CUTS IN TAXES DID NOT INCREASE REVENUES, IT ACTUALLY DECREASED REVENUES. |
| 01:39:23 | AS I SAID, THEY GET MAD WHEN YOU SAY THE TAXES WERE CUT FOR THE RICH. |
| 01:39:29 | THIS CHART SHOWS, FOR PEOPLE UNDER $20,000, FROM $20,000 TO $50,000, $50,000 TO $75,000, $200,000 TO $1 MILLION, OVER $1 MILLION, HOW MUCH YOU GOT IN THE 2001 AND 2003 TAX CUTS. |
| 01:39:47 | IF YOU MADE OVER $1 MILLION YOU DID WELL. |
| 01:39:51 | IF YOU MADE UNDER $20,000 OR EVEN UNDER $50,000, YOU HARDLY NEED INK TO DRAW THE BAR. |
| 01:39:59 | THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR TAX THAT IN THE OBAMA BUDGET WILL BE REPEALED, PUT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. |
| 01:40:08 | IT'S ABOUT A $20 BILLION TAX CUT EVERY YEAR. |
| 01:40:11 | THIS IS HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED. |
| 01:40:13 | IF YOU MAKE OVER $1 MILLION, YOU'LL GET ABOUT $17,000. |
| 01:40:18 | $200,000 TO $1 MILLION YOU GET SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. |
| 01:40:23 | $100,000 TO $200,000, ON AVERAGE YOU GET ABOUT $1 A MONTH. |
| 01:40:29 | UNDER $100,000, ON AVERAGE, YOU'LL GET NOT A DIME. |
| 01:40:32 | NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND WHY IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE GET THIS BUDGET UNDER CONTROL, AND THAT IS, I REFER TO SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 01:40:49 | THIS IS THE SOCIAL SECURITY CASH FLOW CHART, SHOWING THE BLUE BARS, BRINGING IN NOW MORE THAN WE'RE BRINGING OUT. |
| 01:40:59 | IN 2017, WE'LL START PAYING OUT MORE THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN. |
| 01:41:03 | THIS IS $200 BILLION DEFICIT. |
| 01:41:06 | $600 BILLION DEFICIT BUT IN 2040, WE'LL BE APPROACHING $1 TRILLION PAYING OUT MORE SOCIAL SECURITY THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN. |
| 01:41:16 | IF WE HAD THE $5. |
| 01:41:17 | 5 TRILLION, YOU NEEDED ABOUT $4 TRILLION IN THE BANK TODAY, DRAWING INTEREST, WE COULD PAY SOCIAL SECURITY FOR 75 YEARS WITHOUT REDUCING BENEFITS. |
| 01:41:29 | UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING BROKE. |
| 01:41:32 | THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE TO GET OUR BUDGET UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE'LL GET INTO A DEFICIT SITUATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY THAT WILL -- THAT WE'LL NEVER GET OUT OF. |
| 01:41:44 | ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE EXPENDITURES AND TAX REVENUES GET BACK UNDER CONTROL. |
| 01:41:53 | FEDERAL REVENUES, TRADITIONALLY, IN THE PAST, HAVE BEEN LESS THAN EXPENDITURES. |
| 01:42:01 | WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN. |
| 01:42:03 | THAT'S DEFICIT SPENDING. |
| 01:42:05 | BY THE MID 1990'S, WE ACTUALLY REDUCED SPENDING AND INCREASED REVENUES TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD THAT HEALTHY SURPLUS THAT WAS SET TO GO AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE. |
| 01:42:16 | UNFORTUNATELY, IN 2001, WE PASSED TAX CUTS WE COULD NOT AFFORD, COLLAPSING REVENUES, AND IN FACT, EVEN INCREASED AS A PERCENTAGE OF G. |
| 01:42:26 | D.P., INCREASED SPENDING, CREATING THIS DEFICIT. |
| 01:42:30 | WE HAVE TO GET BACK UNDER CONTROL WHERE THE REVENUES ARE MORE THAN THE EXPENDITURES. |
| 01:42:36 | THIS YEAR, WE'RE OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE STIMULUS PACKAGE, WE'VE HAD THE BAILOUTS AND EVERYTHING. |
| 01:42:43 | BUT THIS IS JUST A ONE-YEAR SPIKE. |
| 01:42:48 | WE NEED TO GET THE BUDGET BACK UNDER CONTROL. |
| 01:42:50 | WE CAN DO THAT UNDER THE OBAMA BUDGETS, WE'LL BE BACK TO MORE TRADITIONAL LEVELS OF DEFICITS. |
| 01:42:56 | WHEN WE GET DOWN HERE, THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE END. |
| 01:43:00 | THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. |
| 01:43:03 | SWREEL TO CONTINUE BRINGING SPENDING DOWN AND REVENUES UP SO WE'LL HAVE A SURPLUS SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 01:43:09 | THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, FIRST THING IT DOES, IS REINSTATES WHAT'S CALLED PAY-GO. |
| 01:43:16 | ONE REASON WE CAN MAINTAIN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE 1990'S IS WE HAD A PROCESS CALLED PAY-GO. |
| 01:43:24 | PAY AS YOU GO. |
| 01:43:25 | IF YOU OFFER A SPENDING PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. |
| 01:43:29 | YOU HAVE TO RAISE THE TAXES TO PAY FOR IT. |
| 01:43:32 | OR CUT SOME SPENDING SOMEWHERE ELSE. |
| 01:43:34 | IF YOU WANT TO CUT SOME TAXES, CUT SOME SPENDING. |
| 01:43:37 | OR RAISE SOME OTHER TAXES. |
| 01:43:38 | EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. |
| 01:43:40 | IF YOU DON'T PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN'T PASS IT. |
| 01:43:43 | UNFORTUNATELY IN 2001, PAY-GO EXPIRED AND THE TAX CUTS WERE PASSED WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT, INCREASED SPENDING TOOK PLACE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT, AND WE GOT INTO THE DITCH WE'RE IN WE NOW ARE BACK UNDER PAY-GO, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR WHAT WE DO. |
| 01:44:00 | ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE OBAMA BUDGET DOES, IT PRESENTS AN HONEST BUDGET. |
| 01:44:09 | THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN THE LAST FEW BUDGETS THAT WERE JUST KIND OF LEFT OUT. |
| 01:44:14 | WE KNEW EVERY YEAR, WE'D BEEN CONTINUING SOME TAXES, TAX CUTS, YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE KNEW EACH YEAR WE'D PUT THOSE BACK. |
| 01:44:24 | IN THOSE WEREN'T IN THE BUDGETS AS INTRODUCED. |
| 01:44:27 | THE WAR SPENDING, WE KNEW WE WERE AT WAR, IT WAS ZERO FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN IN THE BUDGETS AS INTRODUCED. |
| 01:44:35 | WE KNEW WE'D SPEND MONEY ON THOSE WARS. |
| 01:44:38 | THERE WERE ABOUT $250 MILLION WORTH OF KNOWN EXPENDITURES THAT WERE LEFT OUT OF THE BUDGETS. |
| 01:44:46 | THE OBAMA BUDGET INCLUDES EVERYTHING EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. |
| 01:44:50 | WITH PAY-GO AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST REDUCE THE DEFICIT 50% IN THE FIRST TERM OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND AFTER WE GET THERE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS. |
| 01:45:01 | THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET MAKES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY, GETTING US FROM DEPENDENCE FROM FOREIGN OIL AND CREATING MILLIONS OF JOBS IN ENERGY THROUGH CREATING CLEAN ENERGY JOBS. |
| 01:45:17 | HIS BUDGET BRING DOWNS THE SKYROCKETING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE AND MAKES FOCUSED INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION. |
| 01:45:24 | ONE OF THE THINGS ON ENERGY, ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ENERGY, AND CONSERVATION AND SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH INVESTMENTS. |
| 01:45:37 | . IN HEALTH CARE WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENT IN COST CONTROL. |
| 01:45:41 | THE SOCIAL SECURITY CHART AND THE MEDICARE CHART ARE VERY SIMILAR. |
| 01:45:46 | BUT THE MEDICARE CHART IS EVEN WORSE BECAUSE OF THE ACCELERATING HEALTH CARE COST. |
| 01:45:49 | WE NEED TO GET THOSE COSTS UNDER CONTROL BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET MEDICARE UNDER CONTROL, HEALTH CARE GENERALLY WILL CONSUME THE ENTIRE BUDGET. |
| 01:45:58 | WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN ACCESS. |
| 01:46:01 | TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO HAVE INSURANCE CAN KEEP IT. |
| 01:46:04 | AS THE COST GOES UP PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| 01:46:09 | MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, MAKING SURE THAT EDUCATION TAX CREDITS FOR EDUCATION EXPENSES ARE INCREASED. |
| 01:46:18 | AND PELL GRANTS ARE INCREASED SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE CAN GO TO COLLEGE. |
| 01:46:22 | AND WE MAKE -- WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INVEST IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. |
| 01:46:28 | PARTICULARLY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. |
| 01:46:31 | THE BUDGET MAKES A UNIQUE INVESTMENT IN NURSE HOME VISITS. |
| 01:46:37 | THESE HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. |
| 01:46:41 | ONE OF WHICH IS CHILD ABUSE WHICH IS HIGHLY CORRELATED WITH FUTURE CRIME BY THESE NURSE VISITS, NURSE VISITS HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND THEY HAVE FOUND JUST -- I SERVE ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 01:46:54 | THEY HAVE FOUND THAT THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE ADVANCE OF THE NURSE VISITS WERE -- ADVANTAGE OF THE NURSE VISITS WERE 1/3 AS LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED 18 YEARS LATER AS THOSE WHO DID NOT. |
| 01:47:05 | EDUCATION IS MUCH BETTER OFF. |
| 01:47:07 | CHILD ABUSE IS DOWN. |
| 01:47:08 | SO THOSE VISITS WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE. |
| 01:47:14 | AND FINALLY THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET CONTINUES LARGE INCREASES AND VETERANS HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:47:19 | WE HAD SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST YEAR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE INCREASES SO OUR VETERANS GET THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE EARNED AND DESERVE. |
| 01:47:31 | WE NEED TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES. |
| 01:47:33 | THE PRESIDENT SAYS ONE OF THE MOST -- ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CHOICES MAKING EXPENDITURES TODAY THAT SAVE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. |
| 01:47:41 | NOBODY WANTS TO SPEND THE MONEY TODAY IF THE MONEY -- IF THE SAVINGS WON'T OCCUR FOR FIVE OR 10 YEARS. |
| 01:47:47 | ONE OF THE BILLS THAT I HAVE INTRODUCED IS THE YOUTH PROMISE ACT THAT MAKES INVESTMENTS IN YOUNG PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. |
| 01:47:55 | WE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY PER PERSON IN INCARCERATION. |
| 01:48:00 | WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE LOCKED UP TODAY PER 100,000 POPULATION THAN ANYWHERE ON EARTH. |
| 01:48:05 | WE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NEED FOR THAT INCARCERATION IF WE MADE INVESTMENTS UP FRONT, GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT TRACK, AND KEEPING THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK. |
| 01:48:15 | THE YOUTH PROMISE ACT DOES THAT. |
| 01:48:17 | IT HAS AN INTERESTING ASPECT TO IT WHEN YOU SAVE MONEY, THE LOCALITIES THAT COME UP WITH THE LOCAL PLANS WILL TRY TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY ARE SAVING MONEY. |
| 01:48:27 | AND THOSE AGENCIES SHOULD KICK IN TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM RUNNING. |
| 01:48:32 | THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA DID THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THAT'S ANTICIPATED IN THE YOUTH PROME ACT. |
| 01:48:39 | THEY FOUNDED -- FUND ADD NUMBER OF PROGRAMS FOR A TOTAL COST OF APPROXIMATELY $60 MILLION. |
| 01:48:45 | $60 MILLION. |
| 01:48:46 | THEY CALCULATE THEY SAVED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS OVER $300 MILLION BECAUSE THEY MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS AND REDUCED CRIME SIGNIFICANTLY. |
| 01:48:56 | SO NOBODY WANTS TO MAKE THE FIRST INVESTMENT. |
| 01:48:58 | SO THE YOUTH PROMISE ACT WILL MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS AND HOPEFULLY THE LOCALITIES WILL CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS, SAVING SIGNIFICANT MONEY IN THE FUTURE. |
| 01:49:07 | WE HAVE TO MAKE THE TOUGH CHOICES. |
| 01:49:11 | WE NEED TO -- IF WE DON'T MAKE THOSE TOUGH CHOICES, IF WE DON'T GET THE BUDGET UNDER CONTROL, YOU'LL BE SPENDING ENTIRELY TOO MUCH MONEY ON INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL DEBT. |
| 01:49:21 | WE'LL JEOPARDIZE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, BUT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS IS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING OUR PRIORITIES IN A FISCAL, RESPONSIBLE WAY. |
| 01:49:32 | SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND OUR FUTURE DEPEND ON IT. |
| 01:49:35 | AGAIN I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET TODAY. |
| 01:49:42 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:49:43 | MS. |
| 01:49:44 | FUDGE: THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 01:49:47 | BOBBY SCOTT, FOR BOTH OF US IN THE -- THOSE OF US IN THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. |
| 01:49:51 | WE CLEARLY KNOW THAT REPRESENTIE SCOTT IS THE BEST IN THE CONGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO ANALYZING BUDGETS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO HIS COLLEAGUES. |
| 01:49:58 | AGAIN I THANK HIM. |
| 01:50:00 | MADAM SPEAKER, I THANK YOU. |
| 01:50:01 | I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE C. |
| 01:50:05 | B.C. FOR ALLOWING ME TO ACT IN THEIR BEHALF TONIGHT. |
| 01:50:07 | AS WELL AS I WANT TO SAY THAT WE DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT WHO DOES BELIEVE IN AN HONEST BUDGET. |
| 01:50:16 | WHO DOES BELIEVE IN DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK. |
| 01:50:19 | SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU. |
| 01:50:21 | AT THIS TIME I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:50:25 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK THE REST OF HER TIME. |
| 01:50:29 | UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 6, 2009, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM ILLINOIS, MRS. |
| 01:50:36 | BIGGERT, IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60 MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE MINORITY LEADER. |
| 01:50:43 | MRS. BIGGERT: I THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:50:48 | I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SPEAKING TONIGHT DURING THIS HOUR WOULD HAVE FIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS. |
| 01:50:56 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:50:57 | MRS. |
| 01:50:58 | BIGGERT: THANK YOU. MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TONIGHT TO CALL ATTENTION TO OUR ECONOMY AND THE FISCAL DISCIPLINE WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON THE RIGHT PATH. |
| 01:51:08 | RIGHT NOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HURTING. |
| 01:51:12 | AND REPUBLICANS -- REPUBLICANS WANT TO WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT TO GET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. |
| 01:51:17 | WE WANT TO GET COMMIT GOING AGAIN. |
| 01:51:22 | -- ECONOMY GOING AGAIN. |
| 01:51:23 | WE DO KNOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WE CANNOT TAX, SPEND, AND BORROW OUR WAY BACK TO A HEALTHY ECONOMY. |
| 01:51:29 | WE WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. |
| 01:51:32 | AND THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. |
| 01:51:35 | JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO THERE WAS A SUMMIT HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:51:43 | AND THEY HAD MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS, THEY HAD EXPERTS IN THE HEALTH FIELD. |
| 01:51:49 | COME TOGETHER AND -- TO LOOK TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. |
| 01:51:55 | THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW IS THE HUGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. |
| 01:51:59 | WHY AREN'T WE WORKING TOGETHER AND REALLY COMING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? |
| 01:52:04 | WE HAVE SO MUCH EXPERTISE IN THIS CONGRESS. |
| 01:52:07 | WE HAVE ECONOMISTS. |
| 01:52:09 | WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY. |
| 01:52:11 | WE REALLY SHOULD BE SITTING DOWN AND REALLY -- TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN TO KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND ARGUING ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, WHATEVER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. |
| 01:52:22 | BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IS SUFFERING. |
| 01:52:28 | IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME NOR THE LAST. |
| 01:52:31 | WE HAVE SEEN CRISES LIKE THIS BEFORE AND WE HAVE PULLED THROUGH. |
| 01:52:35 | SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT IF WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND REALLY WORK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. |
| 01:52:40 | LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN 9/11. |
| 01:52:43 | ON 9/11. |
| 01:52:44 | WE CAME TOGETHER. |
| 01:52:45 | WE CAME TOGETHER AS A CONGRESS UNITED TO FACE THAT PROBLEM AND TO FACE THAT CHALLENGE AND TO FIND THE SOLUTIONS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH T THIS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM, NOT MAYBE THE MAGNITUDE, MAYBE IT IS. |
| 01:53:00 | BUT WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND REALLY WORK TOGETHER. |
| 01:53:04 | WE FACE THE LARGEST ECONOMIC DECLINE SINCE WORLD WAR II. |
| 01:53:08 | ALONG WITH UNPRECEDENTED DOMESTIC UNEMPLOYMENT. |
| 01:53:13 | FEBRUARY'S NUMBERS SHOWED THERE'S 8. |
| 01:53:18 | 1% UNEMPLOYMENT. AND WE FACE UNPRECEDENTED FORECLOSURES. |
| 01:53:22 | FACING ABOUT ONE IN NINE FAMILIES RIGHT NOW. |
| 01:53:24 | IT'S TIME FOR US TO UNITE AGAIN AS LEADERS AND PULL THROUGH ONCE MORE. |
| 01:53:31 | I WISH THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CONVENE THIS BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL SUMMIT TO FOCUS ALL OF OUR ENERGY ON SOLVING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. |
| 01:53:42 | WE WANT TO SOLVE HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:53:44 | WE WANT TO SOLVE ENERGY. |
| 01:53:46 | WE WANT TO SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE. |
| 01:53:48 | WE WANT TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. |
| 01:53:50 | WE WANT TO SOLVE EDUCATION. |
| 01:53:51 | BUT I THINK ALL OF THAT ENERGY NEEDS TO BE REALLY BROUGHT TO ONE FORCE TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. |
| 01:54:00 | WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON SAVING AND SPENDING PLANS, PUT AMERICA ON A PATH TO RESPONSIBILITY AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS. |
| 01:54:12 | WITH TARP MONEY OF $700 BILLION, THE HOUSING BILL THAT WAS $300 BILLION, WITH THE RECENT PASSAGE OF THE $825 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE, AND WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE PUTTING SO MUCH MONEY INTO SO MANY AREAS, AND A PENDING $410 BILLION APPROPRIATION BILL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE UPSET. |
| 01:54:37 | THEY ARE UPSET THAT THIS -- BECAUSE THE SPENDING APPEARS TO BE WRECKLESSLY OUT OF CONTROL WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY OR DIRECTION. |
| 01:54:44 | AND THEN FORTUNATELY WITH THE RECENT RELEASE. |
| 01:54:48 | ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010, WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS HEAVY SPENDING PATH. |
| 01:54:54 | AND WHILE WE ONLY KNOW THE BASICS OF THE PRO-- BUDGET PROPOSAL, IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A MIXED BAG. |
| 01:55:01 | TONIGHT WE ARE HERE AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS IN THE BUDGET. |
| 01:55:05 | THERE ARE THE GOOD AND THERE ARE THE BAD, WHAT WE CALL THE UGLY. |
| 01:55:13 | I HAVE A LITTLE CHART HERE THAT ADDRESSES THE PRESIDENT'S 2010 BUDGET. |
| 01:55:21 | AS I SAID WE'VE GOT THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. |
| 01:55:25 | WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS ANONYMITY CRISIS. |
| 01:55:28 | THERE ARE BUDGET -- THERE IS A BUDGET FIX FOR THE A. |
| 01:55:31 | M.T. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MEDICAID PART D. |
| 01:55:35 | WITH THE BAD, IT'S AN INCREASE IN SPENDING OF $3. |
| 01:55:42 | 9 TRILLION IN 2009. |
| 01:55:43 | IT INCREASES NONDEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BY 9. |
| 01:55:48 | 3%. THE WAR FUNDING. |
| 01:55:52 | THE UGLY, $1. |
| 01:55:53 | 4 TRILLION TAX INCREASE IN A RECESSION. |
| 01:55:57 | $1 TRILLION ENTITLEMENT EXPANSION. |
| 01:55:59 | AND IN 2009, DEFICIT $1. |
| 01:56:03 | 8 TRILLION. |
| 01:56:04 | WE DOUBLE THE DEBT. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO PARTICIPATE. |
| 01:56:11 | I'D LIKE TO CALL ON THE GENTLELADY FROM TENNESSEE FOR HER COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. |
| 01:56:23 | MARSHA BLACKBURN. |
| 01:56:27 | MRS. BLACKBURN: I THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS SO MUCH FOR YIELDING. |
| 01:56:34 | I APPRECIATE HER YIELDING THE TIME TO ME. |
| 01:56:38 | WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE WHO ARE HERE. |
| 01:56:45 | FEMALE MEMBERS WHO ARE COMING TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW ARE ADDRESSING -- AFFECTING OUR CONSTITUENTS. |
| 01:56:55 | WE KNOW ARE AFFECTING WOMEN IN OUR DISTRICTS. |
| 01:57:01 | THE NUMBER ONE THING AS THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS HAS MENTIONED, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE DO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR WOMEN, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, IS THEIR CONCERNS OVER THE ECONOMY. |
| 01:57:15 | THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SECURITY, THE RETIREMENT SECURITY THAT IS IN FRONT OF THEM AS THEY LOOK TO WINDING DOWN THEIR CAREERS. |
| 01:57:24 | THEY ARE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR THE SECURED OPPORTUNITIES OF FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE SECURITY THAT THEY WILL WANT TO ENJOY. |
| 01:57:37 | I HAVE A CHART WITH ME THAT I THINK SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE SEE HERE -- WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING HERE IN WASHINGTON NOW AS WELL AS WHAT IS GOING TO BE COMING IN YEARS TO COME. |
| 01:57:51 | LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DEFICIT. |
| 01:57:54 | WE ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE DEFICIT AND THE DEBT. |
| 01:57:56 | SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS LAST WEEK WERE SAYING, WELL, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS COMMENT THAT THEY INHERITED THIS DEBT. |
| 01:58:05 | HOW COULD THAT BE? |
| 01:58:06 | EVERYONE HAS BEEN VOTING ON THIS FOR YEARS. |
| 01:58:10 | WE MADE A CHART LOOKING AT FEDERAL SPENDING GOING BACK TO JANUARY, 2007 THROUGH TODAY. |
| 01:58:17 | OF COURSE JANUARY, 2007, 2007 IS WHEN ALL OF THE PROBLEMS REALLY STARTED TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN THE HOUSING INDUSTRY AND LEADING TOWARD THE SITUATIONS THAT WE SAW HAPPENING WITH THE BANKS THAT BEGAN IN 2008, IN EARLY 2008 AND THEN MOVING ON INTO THE BUDGET SITUATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY. |
| 01:58:41 | SO WE PREPARED A CHART TO FIRST OF ALL LAY OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE JANUARY, 2007, WITH OUR FEDERAL DEFICIT WHICH IS THE LINE THAT YOU WILL SEE IN GREEN, THE GRAPHING IN GREEN. |
| 01:58:55 | THEN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, WHICH IS THAT PORTION OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN GET INTO AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. |
| 01:59:08 | THAT IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE REDUCING WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS. |
| 01:59:14 | AND MANDATORY SPENDING. |
| 01:59:15 | MUCH OF THAT IS THE ENTITLEMENTS WHICH THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS JUST REFERRED TO. |
| 01:59:22 | MENTIONING VERY APPROPRIATELY THAT YES, INDEED, WE DO HAVE ANONYMITY CRISIS THAT IS COMING. |
| 01:59:27 | THAT IS SPENDING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IN ORDER FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY SECURITY. |
| 01:59:35 | WHETHER IT IS ECONOMIC SECURITY, WHETHER IT IS FREEDOM IN OPPORTUNITY, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. |
| 01:59:42 | CAN YOU SEE WHERE WE WERE IN JANUARY -- YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE IN JANUARY OF 2007. |
| 01:59:48 | THE DEBT, FEDERAL DEBT AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS RIGHT OVER $8 TRILLION. |
| 01:59:57 | OUR DEFICIT IN 2007 WAS JUST OVER $400 BILLION. |
| 02:00:06 | . LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. |
| 02:00:09 | THE FIRST STIMULUS PLAN, PASSED EARLY LAST YEAR, $152 BILLION. |
| 02:00:13 | YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT DID TO THE FEDERAL DEFICIT. |
| 02:00:17 | IT REALLY POPPED IT UP. |
| 02:00:18 | YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHAT THAT DID TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. |
| 02:00:22 | AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH PRE-TARP, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE $300 BILLION THAT WENT INTO THOSE LOANS FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER OF 2008, WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH BEAR STEARNS AND FANNIE AND FREDDIE AND INDYMAC AND A. |
| 02:00:41 | I.G. YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR DEFICIT, WHICH IS THE GREEN LINE, THE DISCRETIONARY SPEND, THE BUMP UPS THAT CAME THERE, AND YOU SEE THE MANDATORY SPENDING RISING AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT. |
| 02:00:54 | THEN TARP IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008, YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE WITH THE $700 BILLION. |
| 02:01:01 | AND THE ESCALATION THAT CARRIED FORTH THERE. |
| 02:01:07 | THE AUTO BAILOUT OF $14 BILLION. |
| 02:01:08 | THE SECOND STIMULUS, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S, WE CALL THIS PLAN B. |
| 02:01:12 | THAT ENDED UP BEING $1 TRILLION, YOU SEE WHAT IT DID TO OUR DEFICIT, WE'RE AT OVER $2 TRILLION IN DEFICIT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO FAR. |
| 02:01:23 | ALSO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR DISTREGS -- DISCRETIONARY SPENDING AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR MANDATORY SPENDING THROUGH THERE. |
| 02:01:34 | THEN OF COURSE THE OMNIBUS BILL THAT PASSED THE HOUSE AND IS STILL IN THE SENATE WITHOUT A RESOLUTION TO IT. |
| 02:01:39 | SO THROUGH ALL OF THESE VOTES, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THE SPEAKER, OUR PRESIDENT WHO WAS IN THE SENATE AND LEADER REID IN THE SENATE ALL WERE YES VOTES ON THAT. |
| 02:01:55 | THEY WERE PART OF DRIVING THIS DEFICIT AND THIS SPENDING, DISCRETIONARY SPENDING HIKES, THE MANDATORY SPENDING SPIKES THAT YOU ARE SEEING OVER THERE ALSO. |
| 02:02:06 | BY THE WAY, GOING BACK TO JANUARY OF 2007 THAT IS WHEN THE DEMOCRATS TOOK CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES, BOTH CHAMBERS, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND STARTED PUSHING FORWARD THE SPENDING INCREASES AND THEY HAVE NOW MOVED THAT NATIONAL DEBT FROM JUST OVER THE $8 TRILLION THAT WAS HERE TO NEARLY $11 TRILLION. |
| 02:02:33 | AS OF JANUARY 3, THIS YEAR, THE DEBT WAS AT $10. |
| 02:02:35 | 7 TRILLION AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT BIG GREEN SPIKE OVER THERE IS FOR THE $2 TRILLION IN DEFICIT SPENDING THEY HAVE ALREADY ACCRUED THIS YEAR AND WE ARE HEARING THAT ONCE THEY PASS THE $410 BILLION, THAT IT IS GOING TO BE EVEN HIGHER AND WE'RE ALSO HEARING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND ASKED FOR MORE -- AND ASK FOR MORE TARP SPENDING. |
| 02:03:03 | WHEN I TALK WITH FEMALES AND FEMALE-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT COMES UP IS THE ECONOMY. |
| 02:03:12 | AND WHAT DOES THAT -- WHAT DOES THIS DO? |
| 02:03:17 | KNOWING THAT POLITICAL FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM ARE LINKED, WHAT DOES THIS DO TO FUTURE GENERATIONS? |
| 02:03:22 | FROM THE WOMEN IN MY DISTRICT I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY, THEY UNDERSTAND WE CANNOT SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS RECESSION. |
| 02:03:29 | YOU CAN'T SPEND YOUR YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY. |
| 02:03:31 | YOU CAN'T SPEND YOUR WAY TO PROSPERITY. |
| 02:03:34 | YOU CAN'T BUILD PROSPERITY ON A FOUNDATION OF DEBT. |
| 02:03:39 | SO MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS UNDERSTAND THAT. |
| 02:03:44 | AND WOMEN, EVERY SINGLE DAY, COME TO ME AND SAY, MARSHA, IT IS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THESE ECONOMIC ISSUES AND DO IT WITH WISDOM, DO IT WITH FORE THOUGHT AND BE VERY CAREFUL WE ARE NOT PASSING ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS A DEBT THEY ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE. |
| 02:04:06 | I WAS OUT VISITING WITH WOMEN'S GROUPS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A LADY CAME UP TO ME, SHE WAS CARRYING A YOUNG INFANT, I NOTICED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A 9-MONTH-OLD GRANDSON, JANG, AND I HAVE ANOTHER GRANDCHILD, CHASE -- JACK, AND I HAVE ANOTHER GRANDCHILD, CHASE, WHO WILL ARRIVE IN JUNE. |
| 02:04:25 | THE LADY WALKED UP TO ME WITH THIS CHILD IN HER ARMS. |
| 02:04:28 | SHE SAID, MARSHA, I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. |
| 02:04:32 | IT INFURIATES ME WHEN CONGRESS SPENDS MONEY I HAVEN'T MADE YET. |
| 02:04:37 | BUT NOW I'VE GOT THIS 6-MONTH-OLD GRAND BABY, AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY, I WANT TO COME TO WASHINGTON AND BANG ON THE DOORS BECAUSE IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY THAT YOU ARE SPENDING MONEY THAT SHE HAS NOT MADE YET AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW TO BE UPSET CAN WNK -- WITH CONGRESS. |
| 02:05:03 | SHE SAID, I KNOW YOU'RE VOTING NO ON ALL THE SPENDING BILL, PLEASE DO ALL YOU CAN TO ARREST THE OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING. |
| 02:05:12 | I'LL YIELD BACK TO THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS. |
| 02:05:14 | I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND I THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS TO HELP WORK TO PRESERVE OUR ECONOMIC FREEDOM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. |
| 02:05:24 | MRS. |
| 02:05:25 | BIGGERT: THANK YOU. |
| 02:05:26 | I THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM TENNESSEE. |
| 02:05:28 | YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH IN BRINGING ALL OF THIS OOUR ATTENTION AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT. |
| 02:05:33 | I WOULD LIKE TO JUST READ A PARAGRAPH FROM ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS A WOMAN IN THE DISTRICT, NAMED APRIL. |
| 02:05:41 | SHE SAID, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR VOTING AGAINST THE STIMULUS PACKAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. |
| 02:05:48 | AS AN INDEPENDENT, I AM DISTURBED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON THE PAST FEW WEEKS. |
| 02:05:54 | I AM URGING YOU AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT WHEN EXAMINING THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AND ANY OTHER STIMULUS PACKAGES. |
| 02:06:02 | ELIMINATE WASTEFUL SPENDING. |
| 02:06:04 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE MINDFUL, THESE DAYS, OF THEIR OWN BUDGETS AT HOME, AND SO SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 02:06:11 | IN ADDITION, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PRESIDENT'S AND OTHER MEMBERS' PROMISES TO ELIMINATE EARMARKS? |
| 02:06:17 | IT SEEMS WASHINGTON NEEDS SOME MANAGEMENT. |
| 02:06:20 | THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. |
| 02:06:21 | WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON MY GOOD FRIEND FROM FLORIDA, GINNY BROWN-WAITE. |
| 02:06:28 | MS. |
| 02:06:29 | BROWN-WAITE: I THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS. |
| 02:06:31 | LAST WEEK, I HAD SOME FOLKS IN TOWN FROM FLORIDA AND THEY DIDN'T GET TO SEE SNOW VERY OFTEN, OBVIOUSLY, LIVING IN FLORIDA, AND WHEN THEY CAME HERE, IT WAS ABOUT SOME OF THE TAX ISSUES. |
| 02:06:41 | AND THEY WERE DARN MAD, THE SAME WAY THAT MRS. |
| 02:06:44 | BLACKBURN'S CONSTITUENTS WERE. |
| 02:06:46 | AND WHEN I SAID -- WHEN THEY CAME INTO MY OFFICE, I SAID TO THEM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE SNOW? |
| 02:06:54 | THEY SAID, DO YOU MEAN THE SNOW JOB OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE AND THE BUDGET THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT WITH? |
| 02:07:01 | THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO STAY IN BUSINESS. |
| 02:07:06 | WE ALL KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF, ABOUT 80% OF JOBS CREATED RECENTLY OVER THE LAST EIGHT OR 10 YEARS HAVE BEEN FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 02:07:18 | AND THEY REALIZE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE HIT VERY HARD BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROPOSED TAX INCREASES. |
| 02:07:27 | THIS CHART CLEARLY SHOWS THE 2010 TAX INCREASES THAT ARE PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 02:07:38 | IT SHOWS CAP AND TRADE, WHICH MOST BUSINESS PEOPLE CALL CAP AND TAX, AT $646 BILLION INCREASE. |
| 02:07:46 | SMALL BUSINESSES AND INVESTORS, THE RED COLOR, $635 BILLION TAX INCREASE. |
| 02:07:55 | AND OTHER TAX INCREASES, ABOUT $149 BILLION. |
| 02:07:59 | NOW, WHERE THOSE TAX INCREASES -- WHERE ARE THOSE TAX INCREASES GOING TO COME FROM? |
| 02:08:06 | OBVIOUSLY BY TAXING THE SMALL BUSINESS PERSON. |
| 02:08:10 | WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE TAX -- THE HIGHER TAX WON'T AFFECT ANYONE EARNING LESS THAN $250,000. |
| 02:08:18 | THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY AT THE $200,000 LEVEL, THAT'S THE LEVEL AT WHICH THE OBAMA TAX INCREASES BEGIN TO TAKE EFFECT FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FILING AS SINGLES. |
| 02:08:34 | MY HUSBAND AND I OWNED A FEW BUSINESSES, AND WE WERE ALWAYS WHAT'S CALLED A SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATION. |
| 02:08:42 | A SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATION, OR A PARTNERSHIP OR A LIMITED LIABILITY, L. |
| 02:08:46 | L.C., THEY TAKE, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE PROFITS AND THEY ADD IT TO THEIR INCOME, AND THEY PAY INCOME TAX BASED ON THAT. |
| 02:08:56 | WELL, WHEN YOU COMBINE A HOPED-FOR PROFIT, AS A SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP, AND YOU ADD IT TO WHATEVER INCOME YOU MAY HAVE DRAWN FROM THE BUSINESS, OR YOUR SPOUSE MAY HAVE BROUGHT FROM ANOTHER JOB, AND YOU'RE AT THE $250,000 LEVEL VERY, VERY QUICKLY. |
| 02:09:17 | BUT IF YOU'RE A SINGLE TAXPAYER, IT'S $200,000. |
| 02:09:19 | WE DON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT WE ONLY HEAR ABOUT $250,000 WHICH TO THE AVERAGE PERSON SOUNDS LIKE -- KIND OF LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. |
| 02:09:28 | BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT OVER THREE MILLION TAXPAYERS WITH SMALL BUSINESS INCOME ACTUALLY EARN MORE THAN $250,000. |
| 02:09:40 | THAT'S THE LEVEL AT WHICH THESE TAX INCREASES ARE GOING TO TAKE EFFECT. |
| 02:09:45 | THESE AGAIN ARE THE PEOPLE BACK IN OUR DISTRICTS, THESE ARE THE BARBARA MANSEYS IN MY DISTRICT, SHE HAS A METAL FABRICATION SINESS, YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO TAX THESE JOB-CREATING SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF EXISTENCE. |
| 02:10:04 | YOU KNOW, A CONSTITUENT SENT ME A CARTOON, IT'S A -- SOMEONE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. |
| 02:10:11 | IN THIS, THE -- IT HAPPENS TO BE THE WIZARD OF ID, AND IT SAYS, WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING THE PEASANTS IN YOUR ELECTION SPEECH TODAY? |
| 02:10:21 | AND THE POLITICIAN GOES TON SAY -- NOTHING THEY CAN AFFORD TO REFUSE. |
| 02:10:26 | ELECT ME AND I PROMISE FREE HEALTH CARE, FREE HOUSING, FREE CLOTHING, FOOD STAMPS AND JOBS FOR EVERYBODY. |
| 02:10:35 | AND THEN HE ASKS THE CROWD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? |
| 02:10:39 | AND SOMEONE YELLS OUT FROM THE CROWD, WHO NEEDS A JOB? |
| 02:10:43 | THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE GOING IN THIS COUNTRY WITH SOME OF THE TAX POLICIES. |
| 02:10:48 | IF EVERYTHING OUT THERE IS, QUOTE, FOR FREE, AND YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE SAYING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY JUST PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE, I'M SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES FORGET THAT MANY OF THE TAXPAYERS IN THESE TOP TWO INCOME TAX BRACKETS EARN SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THAT INCOME FROM BEING A MAJOR EMPLOYER. |
| 02:11:15 | SO WE'RE GOING TO REAL IEND UP TAXING THOSE WHO CREATE THE JOBS. |
| 02:11:21 | YOU KNOW, I DID A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL LAST WEEK IN MY DISTRICT, AND WHEN YOU DO A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL YOU DON'T SELECT ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SELECT JUST PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN PARTY, YOU DO IT BY, IN MY CASE, I DO IT BY COUNTY, COUNTY BY COUNTY. |
| 02:11:40 | WE CALL INDIVIDUALS AND TRY TO ASK THEM THEIR OPINION. |
| 02:11:44 | OVERWHELMINGLY, WHETHER IT WAS A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT OR AN INDEPENDENT, THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET WAS NOT POPULAR, NOR WAS THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. |
| 02:11:54 | THE CONCERN WAS THAT IT REALLY DID NOT HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 02:12:00 | AND IN MY DISTRICT, I DON'T HAVE A MAJOR EMPLOYER. |
| 02:12:05 | I HAVE SMALL -- THE MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYERS IN MY DISTRICT ARE EITHER HEALTH CARE, REMEMBER, THIS IS FLORIDA. |
| 02:12:14 | ARE EITHER HEALTH CARE, GOVERNMENT, OR SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 02:12:17 | SO WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT IT TO THE PREVIOUS TWO, BECAUSE UNDER THE OBAMA DEMOCRAT TAX PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF BUSINESS AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE IN THIS ECONOMY. |
| 02:12:33 | THE FOLKS BACK HOME, QUITE HONESTLY, DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PHENOMENON CAN BE. |
| 02:12:40 | HOW PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN TAX THEIR WAY OUT OF THIS DECLINING ECONOMY. |
| 02:12:47 | BECAUSE ALL INCREASED TAXES ARE GOING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE DECLINING ECONOMY CONTINUES. |
| 02:12:55 | THAT'S PRETTY DARN SAD. |
| 02:12:56 | WE ALSO, ON THIS CHART, HAD SOME FIGURES FOR CAP AND TRADE. |
| 02:13:01 | WHAT CAP AND TRADE IS GOING TO DO, MOST PEOPLE CALL IT CAP AND TAX, IS IT'S GOING TO RAISE TAXES ON SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 02:13:10 | IT'S GOING TO RAISE ENERGY COSTS ON SMALL BUSINESSES, AND CERTAINLY ON RESIDENTS AS A -- AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING. |
| 02:13:20 | I GO HOME EVERY WEEKEND TO THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND PEOPLE UP THERE SAY THINGS LIKE, ARE YOU THE ONLY SANE ONE THERE WHO IS VOTING AGAINST THIS? |
| 02:13:31 | I ASSURE THEM MY COLLEAGUES, LIKE THE YEALT FROM ILLINOIS AND THE GENTLELADY FROM TENNESSEE, AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS, ARE CONCERNED AND ARE ALSO VOTING AGAINST IT. |
| 02:13:49 | WHAT WE ARE GOING AFTER HERE IS TRYING TO BRING SOME COMMON SENSE AND HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 02:13:56 | YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WEALTH DISTRIBUTION PLAN WOULD NOT EVEN COVER THE INCREASED ENERGY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS CAP AND TAX OR CAP AND TRADE PLAN. |
| 02:14:11 | IT'S REALLY CAP AND TAX PLAN. |
| 02:14:12 | IT IS A TAX PLAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. |
| 02:14:16 | AMERICANS FEAR THAT WE ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM. |
| 02:14:20 | AND I RECALL MARGARET THATCHER'S COMMENT ABOUT SOCIALISM, AND THAT IS, THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM IS THAT EVENTUALLY YOU RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. |
| 02:14:33 | UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE BUDGET THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS PROPOSED, THE TARP SPENDING, DEFICIT SPENDING, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE STIMULUS PACKAGE, I BELIEVE, AND I KNOW THAT THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS, BELIEVES, THAT WE ARE HEADED DOWN TO A PATH OF POSSIBLE SOCIALISM, THAT, MY COLLEAGUES IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR AMERICAN ECONOMY NEEDS AT THIS TIME. |
| 02:15:03 | WITH THAT, I WILL YIELD BACK TO THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS. |
| 02:15:09 | . MRS. |
| 02:15:10 | BIGGERT: I THANK THE GENTLELADY FOR BRINGING UP THE TAXES. |
| 02:15:12 | I'M REMINDED IN THE WORDS OF BEN FRANKLIN, AND I QUOTE, IN THIS WORLD NOTHING IS CERTAIN BUT DEATH AND TAXES. |
| 02:15:20 | SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT'S RECENT BUDGET PROPOSAL ESSENTIALLY -- UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE AMERICAN FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES CAN CERTAINLY BRING A CERTAINTY TO THE LATTER AND THAT IS TAXES AND INCREASED TAXES TO BE SPECIFIC. |
| 02:15:36 | SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. |
| 02:15:38 | AND AGAIN I HAVE ANOTHER LETTER FROM ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ JUST A PART OF. |
| 02:15:44 | THIS IS RICH. |
| 02:15:45 | HE SAYS, THE CURRENT BUDGET PROPOSAL IS A PATH TO NOWHERE, IN MY OPINION. |
| 02:15:50 | IT WILL LEAD TO A TAX INCREASE FOR ALL AMERICANS. |
| 02:15:52 | THERE SHOULD NOT BE A CARBON TAX ON BUSINESSES. |
| 02:15:55 | ALL THAT WILL DO IS RAISE PRICES AND CUT JOBS. |
| 02:15:59 | INSTEAD, PUT A INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESSES TO LOWER ENERGY. |
| 02:16:02 | ALSO WHY INCREASE CAPITAL GAIN TAXES AT THIS TIME OR ANY TIME? |
| 02:16:05 | ALL THAT DOES IS FORCE BUSINESSES TO GO ELSEWHERE. |
| 02:16:08 | WE NEED TO KEEP THE TAXES WHERE THEY ARE OR LOWER FOR BUSINESSES. |
| 02:16:13 | WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES AND PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THE U. |
| 02:16:17 | S. THE NET EFFECT IS MORE PROFIT WHICH LEADS TO MORE TAX REVENUE FOR THE COUNTRY. |
| 02:16:21 | JUST TAXING THE RICH DOESN'T WORK. |
| 02:16:24 | I THANK RICH FOR THAT LETTER. |
| 02:16:25 | LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OF OTHER TAXES. |
| 02:16:30 | BECAUSE I THINK THE IMPORTANT FINANCIAL TASK BEFORE CONGRESS RIGHT NOW IS FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH BY, NUMBER ONE, KEEPING TAXES ON FAMILIES DOWN. |
| 02:16:40 | NUMBER TWO, IS HELPING AMERICAN BUSINESSES STAY COMPETITIVE. |
| 02:16:45 | THREE IS ELIMINATE WASTEFUL SPENDING IN WASHINGTON. |
| 02:16:49 | AND IN ONE OF MY FORMER LIFES I WAS A PROBATE LAWYER AND ESTATE LAWYER. |
| 02:16:54 | AND I FREQUENTLY WITNESSED THE DEVASTATING EFFECT THAT THE ESTATE TAX OR DEATH TAX HAD ON FAMILY OWNED FARMS, FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES. |
| 02:17:06 | AND I THINK THAT WE DID PUT A LIMIT ON THAT. |
| 02:17:11 | WE CHANGED IT, SINCE 2001, CONGRESS PASSED A 10-YEAR TAX CUT PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED A PROVISION THAT WOULD SLOWLY PHASE OUT THE DEATH TAX AND ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER IN 2010. |
| 02:17:26 | HOWEVER THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET PROPOSES THAT WE CONTINUE TO TAX, TO USE THE ESTATE TAX AT 2009 LEVELS INSTEAD OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND PERMANENTLY ZEROING OUT THIS ONEROUS TAX, THIS DOUBLE TAX. |
| 02:17:45 | SO BY -- INSTEAD OF 2010 WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED PERMANENTLY, WE ARE NOW -- IF THIS PASSES -- YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ARE THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES AND THE CONGRESS DISPOSES. |
| 02:18:00 | IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEN WE WOULD CONTINUE IN A TAX WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 3. |
| 02:18:08 | 5 MILLION TAX AT 45% RATE. |
| 02:18:11 | THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST SOMETIMES. |
| 02:18:17 | BUT THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS IT DOES BRING BACK THE STEP-UP. |
| 02:18:24 | DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES AND TURN BY LENT TIMES, I DON'T THINK IT'S TO PLACE ANOTHER TAX BURDEN ON FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO INCREASE THAT. |
| 02:18:33 | IT'S CERTAINLY TIME TO CUT TAXES AND ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE JOBS. |
| 02:18:44 | WITH THAT -- ONE OTHER TAX THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO LIMIT DEDUCTIONS FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. |
| 02:18:55 | AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH THIS CONTRIBUTION HAVE MEANT SO MUCH IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THE TIME OF EARLY ON IN THE COUNTRY WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT SO MANY OF THESE FAMOUS FAMILIES DID LIKE THE ROCKEFELLERS OR CARNEGIE, BUT EACH YEAR SO MANY PEOPLE DO GIVE VERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITIES AND NONPROFIT THAT IS ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM. |
| 02:19:25 | SO WHY SHOULD WE DISCOURAGE THIS IN ANY WAY? |
| 02:19:28 | ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. |
| 02:19:30 | SO MANY PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM SO MANY CHARITIES LIKE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OR THE JEWISH FEDERATION AND ALL OF THE -- THE SMALL CHARITIES, WHATEVER. |
| 02:19:42 | SO I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN CHARITABLE GIVING AND HAVE SUPPORTED MANY BILLS TO ENCOURAGE IT. |
| 02:19:48 | INSTEAD OF ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO IT. |
| 02:19:55 | THAT IS LIKE BRINGING BACK MUCH, MUCH MORE BIG GOVERNMENT. |
| 02:19:58 | I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TAX POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING. |
| 02:20:06 | AND THEN AS HOMEOWNERSHIP -- HERE WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FAMILIES AND FORECLOSURE RATES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. |
| 02:20:16 | AND NOW THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IS TO LIMIT THE MORTGAGE TAX RATE INTEREST DEDUCTION. |
| 02:20:24 | THIS IS A DIRECT HIT TO FAMILY BUDGETS AND DISCOURAGES HOMEOWNERSHIP AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERSHIP. |
| 02:20:34 | IT'S LIMITED -- AGAIN IT'S TO THE HIGHER RATE TAXPAYER, BUT THIS AGAIN IS GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP. |
| 02:20:43 | WE NEED TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP MORE AFFORDABLE. |
| 02:20:48 | AND HOMEOWNERS MAY CURRENTLY DEDUCT THE INTEREST PAID ON MORTGAGES FROM THEIR INCOME TAX LIABILITY. |
| 02:20:54 | MILLIONS OF HOMEOWNERS ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THIS DEDUCTION WHICH DOES ENCOURAGE THE HOMEOWNERSHIP THROUGH AN ANNUAL TAX SAVINGS. |
| 02:21:01 | ALTHOUGH GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THIS TAX REMAINS STRONG, I THINK THAT IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO SLASH THIS BENEFIT. |
| 02:21:13 | I SUPPORT TAX POLICIES AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ONE OF MY WHO IS HERE. |
| 02:21:25 | MICHELLE BACHMANN, THE CONGRESSWOMAN FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA IS HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE WOMEN'S ISSUES OR HOW WE APPROACH THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. |
| 02:21:41 | WELCOME. |
| 02:21:42 | MRS. BACHMANN: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YIELDING. |
| 02:21:43 | I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLELADY FROM ILLINOIS, MRS. |
| 02:21:46 | BIGGERT. SHE HAS SERVED LONG AND HARD ON THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE. |
| 02:21:50 | I KNOW THAT SHE SHARES MY OPINION THAT THESE ARE HISTORIC TIMES. |
| 02:21:53 | AND THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR BEFORE. |
| 02:21:58 | BEGINNING IN THE HOUSING INDUSTRY WE WATCHED THE MARKET JUST COLLAPSE AND WE SAW THE ECONOMY FLAT LINE AND THEN GO DOWN INTO THE NEGATIVE COLUMN. |
| 02:22:08 | AND WOMEN ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES STARTED FEELING VERY INSECURE. |
| 02:22:14 | AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS MOTHERS, AS WOMEN THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EACH ONE OF US. |
| 02:22:19 | IT'S A SENSE OF SECURITY. |
| 02:22:20 | NOT ONLY FOR OUR OWN WELL-BEING BUT FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN. |
| 02:22:24 | I KNOW WE LOOK AT OUR MOTHERS. |
| 02:22:26 | I LOOK AT MY OWN MOTHER, JEAN, SHE LIVES IN MINNESOTA AND SHE'S GOING TO BE 78 YEARS YOUNG IN JUST A FEW MONTHS. |
| 02:22:34 | AND I KNOW SHE'S VERY CONCERNED AS SHE LOOKS AT THE VALUE OF HER 401-K. |
| 02:22:40 | SHE LIKE MANY, MANY AMERICANS HAVE OPENED UP THEIR STATEMENT AND THEY HAVE SEEN THAT THEIR 401-K HAS DROPPED BY 50%. |
| 02:22:48 | NOW, MY MOTHER IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN AND SHE GOES OUT AND SHE DOES SAMPLES WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND SEE THOSE SAMPLE LADIES, MY MOTHER'S ONE OF THOSE SAMPLE LADIES. |
| 02:22:58 | SHE'S WORKED ALL OF HER LIFE BUT SHE WANTS TO DO THIS BECAUSE SHE LOVES PEOPLE AND WANTS TO BE WITH PEOPLE. |
| 02:23:03 | AT 78 YEARS OF AGE, SHE MAY NOT ALWAYS BE BE ABLE TO WORK. |
| 02:23:08 | AND SHE LOOKS AT WHAT SHE HAS WORKED SO HARD TO SAVE FOR HER WHOLE LIFE. |
| 02:23:12 | SHE NEVER HAD A HIGH-PAYING JOB, BUT MY MOTHER WAS EXTREMELY FRUGAL AND EXTREMELY PRUDENT AND TAUGHT ME TO BE THE SAME WAY. |
| 02:23:21 | THERE ARE WOMEN ON FIXED INCOMES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DID THE SAME THING. |
| 02:23:26 | THEY TOOK CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND RAISED THEM, SCRIMENTPED -- SCRIMPED AND SAVED AND HERE THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEY ARE SAVINGS AND SEEING THE VALUE OF THEIR SAVINGS DIMINISH BEFORE THEIR EYES. |
| 02:23:38 | VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN. |
| 02:23:40 | AND THEY WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN INTO CONGRESS? |
| 02:23:45 | WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN INTO THIS NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION? |
| 02:23:49 | THEY REALLY HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION. |
| 02:23:52 | AND THEY ARE LOOKING AND SAYING, OH, MY WORD, AS A SENIOR CITIZEN MY OPTIONS ARE LIMITED. |
| 02:23:59 | MAYBE MY HUSBAND'S ALREADY PASSED AWAY OR MY HUSBAND'S INFIRMED. |
| 02:24:03 | WHAT AM I GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW? |
| 02:24:04 | I CAN'T GET A JOB. |
| 02:24:06 | THEY LOOK AT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND IN THE NAME OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS THEY SAW THAT THIS CURRENT LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS LEGISLATION THAT'S OVERFLOWING WITH WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. |
| 02:24:20 | THEY MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT ONE OF THESE WASTEFUL PROJECTS. |
| 02:24:23 | IT'S A BRAND NEW, BILLION DOLLAR HIGH-SPEED TRAIN THAT IS GOING TO GO FROM DISNEYLAND UP TO LAS VEGAS. |
| 02:24:32 | THINK OF THAT. |
| 02:24:33 | A BILLION DOLLARS OF A WIDOWER'S MONEY TO GO TO PAY FOR A BRAND NEW RIDE ESSENTIALLY FROM DISNEYLAND TO LAS VEGAS. |
| 02:24:42 | IT MAKES US WONDER, HARRY REID WAS ALSO THE SENATOR FROM NEVADA WAS BEHIND THIS MEASURE. |
| 02:24:47 | IT MAKES US WONDER, IS HE MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT KIDS START GAMBLING AT YOUNGER AGES? |
| 02:24:53 | WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS BILL? |
| 02:24:55 | WE ALSO SEE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI, SHE WAS BEHIND PASSING OUR NEARLY 1,100-PAGE STIMULUS BILL, BROUGHT IT TO THE FLOOR. |
| 02:25:06 | NOT ONE MEMBER OF CONGRESS WAS ABLE TO READ THAT BILL BEFORE WE WERE ASKED TO VOTE ON IT. |
| 02:25:12 | I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER CONGRESS WAS ASKED TO PASS A BIGGER SPENDING BILL THAN THIS BILL WITH LESS TIME TO READ IT, DIGEST IT, AND EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT. |
| 02:25:25 | THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO GO HOME AND TELL MY ELDERLY MOTHER. |
| 02:25:28 | THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO GO HOME AND TELL PEOPLE BACK IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA THAT CONGRESS IS HERE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE EVER EVEN HEARD OF BEFORE. |
| 02:25:38 | MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE. |
| 02:25:39 | AND WE ARE SPENDING THAT MONEY WITHOUT EVEN HAVING THE CHANCE TO READ |
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