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none, -
THE SPEAKER: THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. THE PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY THE CHAPLAIN. CHAPLAIN COUGHLIN: LORD GOD, YOU ARE ARE FOREVER REFUGE AND STRENGTH...
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THE SPEAKER, -
AMERICA. UNITED IN COMMON PATRIOTISM AND BY THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER TODAY, WE MENTALLY REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THIS HONORED AND SECURE CHAMBER AND DESIRE...
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THE SPEAKER, -
JOURNAL. THE SPEAKER: THE QUESTION IS ON AGREEING TO THE SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL. SO MANY AS ARE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. THE...
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| 00:03:37 |
MR. PALLONE, -
PALLONE: MADAM SPEAKER, I OBJECT TO THE VOTE ON A GROUND THE QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT AND MAKE A POINT OF ORDER A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT THAT -- IS NOT
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| 00:03:45 |
THE SPEAKER, -
PRESENT. THE SPEAKER: PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS QUESTION ARE POSTPONED. THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG WILL BE LED TODAY...
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| 00:03:58 |
Pallone, Frank Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
SIRES. MR. SIRES: WILL YOU ALL JOIN ME.
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THE SPEAKER, -
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY...
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Sires, Albio - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
ENTERTAIN 10 ONE-MINUTES ON EACH SIDE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY RISE? MR. SIRES: PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE. THE...
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| 00:04:44 |
THE SPEAKER, -
WEEK THE WAR IN IRAQ ENTERS ITS FIFTH YEAR. TODAY I DOUBT ANYONE IN THIS CHAMBER WILL STAND UP AND SAY THAT IT HAS GONE AS EXPECTED. OUR TROOPS HAVE...
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| 00:04:53 |
MR. SIRES, -
THIS NATION ADMIRABLY, BUT THE BUSH WAR
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| 00:04:56 |
THE SPEAKER, -
CABINET FAILED TO PROPERLY PLAN FOR A WAR IN IRAQ. AS A RESULT, EVEN THE PENTAGON NOW ADMITS A WHAT
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| 00:05:03 |
Sires, Albio - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS, A CIVIL WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT IN IRAQ. THIS WEEK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THE PRESIDENT A MESSAGE THAT...
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| 00:06:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ON OUR MISSION AND OUR WAR ON
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| 00:06:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TERRORISM IN IRAQ
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| 00:06:07 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BY EMPOWERING OUR CONGRESS TO OVERRULE OUR NATION'S TOP GENERALS
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| 00:06:12 |
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California
WHO BEST UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THERE. OUR IRAQ POLICY SHOULD BE BASED ON A RECOMMENDATIONS OF GENERAL PETRAEUS NOT THE COMMANDS OF ARMCHAIR GENERALS...
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| 00:07:24 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BUSH'S TERM. IT WOULD PROVIDE MONEY TO FUEL AN ATTACK ON IRAN. IT WOULD FORCE THE PRIVATIZATION
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| 00:07:29 |
MR. KUCINICH, -
OF IRAQI OIL. IT
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| 00:07:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WOULD ESCALATE THE INSURGENCY.
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| 00:07:34 |
Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
A YES VOTE WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TROOP CASUALTIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIVIL WAR T WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. IT WOULD CREATE...
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| 00:08:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNLESS YOU BELIEVE THAT PORK BARREL SPENDING ON SPINACH
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| 00:08:41 |
MRS. MILLER, -
FARMERS AND PEANUT STORAGE
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| 00:08:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ARE CRITICAL TO THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.
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| 00:08:45 |
Miller, Candice - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
A U.S. TODAY EDITORIAL SAID THIS ABOUT THIS BILL. IT'S HARD TO SAY WHICH IS WORSE, LEADERS OFFERING PEANUTS FOR A VOTE OF THIS MAGNITUDE OR MEMBERS...
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| 00:09:53 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PRESIDENT LED OUR COUNTRY INTO AN
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| 00:09:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OPEN-ENDED COMMITMENT, REFEREEING A RELIGIOUS CIVIL WAR ON THE STREETS OF BAGHDAD AND IRAQ. AFTER THE
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| 00:10:03 |
Murphy, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
FALL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, ENSURING NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, AND SEVERAL ELECTIONS THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS STILL FOLLOWS LOCKSTEP AS MY FELLOW...
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| 00:11:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IRRESPONSIBLE AND ACTUALLY
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| 00:11:24 |
MR. PENCE, -
FLAWED. EMERGENCY
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| 00:11:26 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WAR SPENDING BILLS SHOULD BE ABOUT EMERGENCY
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| 00:11:29 |
Pence, Mike - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
WAR SPENDING. IN ADDITION TO MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS, THIS LEGISLATION CONTAINS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DOMESTIC SPENDING THAT HAVE NOTHING...
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| 00:12:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SMALLEST MONTHLY GAIN IN NEARLY 2 1/2
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| 00:12:55 |
MRS. MALONEY, -
YEARS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ARE EDGED
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| 00:12:57 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DOWN LAST MONTH ONLY BECAUSE THE LABOR
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| 00:12:59 |
Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
FORCE SHRANK AND MANY PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED BY THEIR JOB PROSPECTS. THIS IS HARDLY THE PICTURE OF A ROBUST LABOR MARKET WHICH IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR...
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| 00:14:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AS $25 MILLION FOR
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Pitts, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
SPINACH SUBSIDIES, $74 MILLION FOR PEANUT STORAGE, $120 MILLION FOR THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY, MONEY FOR EXTRA OFFICE SPACE FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES....
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| 00:15:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RIGHT TO VOTE. IN THE UNITED STATES
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| 00:15:12 |
Green, Al - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
CONGRESS. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PAY TAXES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SERVE IN THE...
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| 00:16:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ANOTHER OPEN-ENDED
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| 00:16:32 |
Kirk, Mark Steven - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois
PAYMENT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR CROP PAYMENTS. WHILE THE BILL RESTRICTS FUNDING FOR OUR TROOPS, IT WOULD PROVIDE $25 MILLION IN A BAILOUT FOR SPINACH...
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| 00:17:53 |
MR. PALLONE, -
WAR. MILITARY LEADERS ACROSS
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| 00:17:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE BOARD HAS TOLD THE PRESIDENT THAT THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO THE WAR AND YET HE CONTINUES WITH THE STATUS QUO. ONE
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| 00:18:04 |
Pallone, Frank Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
LIEUTENANT GENERAL SAID IN DECEMBER, THE PROPER POLITICAL PIECES MUST BE IN PLACE FOR ANY OF THE SOCIAL INITIATIVES TO TAKE HOLD AND FLOURISH. ONE SAID,...
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| 00:19:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HELPS OUR ENEMY. AS AN APPROPRIATOR, I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED
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| 00:19:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT THE IMPORTANT MISSION OF FUNDING OUR TROOPS IN HARM'S WAY
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| 00:19:18 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY OVER $21 BILLION IN NONEMERGENCY SPENDING. THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE
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| 00:19:24 |
Granger, Kay - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TIME AND PLACE TO DISCUSS THE WAR AND FUNDING IMPORTANT PROJECTS, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE DONE ON THE BACKS OF YOUNG AMERICANS FIGHTING OVERSEAS. SETTING...
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| 00:20:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HAVE SAVED THE YOUNG LAD WHEN HE WANDERED FAR FROM
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| 00:20:41 |
MR. POE, -
HOME. FIDO, LINCOLN'S DOG SAVED
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| 00:20:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PRESIDENT LINCOLN FROM INJURY.
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| 00:20:47 |
Poe, Ted - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AND GANDORLF, A 2-YEAR-OLD SHY LOW SHEPHERD ANSWERED LIKE A TRUE SOLDIER. HE LED SEARCHERS TO A YOUNG BOY. GANDOLF, A SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG, IS A TRAINED...
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| 00:22:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SHALL BE IN ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE THE BILL H.R.
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| 00:22:04 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
1433, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF
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| 00:22:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF
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| 00:22:14 |
THE CLERK, -
REPRESENTATIVES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE WAIVED EXCEPT THOSE ARISING UNDER CLAUSE 9 OR...
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| 00:23:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. SPEAKER. HOUSE RESOLUTION 260 PROVIDES
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| 00:23:54 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1433, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE -- THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE VOTING RIGHTS ACT UNDER A CLOSED...
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| 00:24:09 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BY THE CHAIRMAN
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| 00:24:11 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND 20 MINUTES EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER...
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| 00:28:44 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
LAW PROFESSOR HAS CALLED THE MOST PREMEDITATED UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACT BY CONGRESS IN DECADES. BUT I'M AN OPTIMIST AND I HAVE FOUND A VERY SMALL SILVER...
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| 00:35:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CONGRESS CAN DO,
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| 00:35:40 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
AND THAT IS EXERCISE EXCLUSIVE LEGISLATION IN ALL CASES WHATSOEVER OVER THE DISTRICT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. THERE IS PRECEDENT TO THAT. IN...
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| 00:38:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AM AFRAID THAT
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| 00:38:01 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE WAY THIS BILL TREATS THE AT-LARGE SEAT IN UTAH MAKES IT EVEN MORE
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| 00:38:09 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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| 00:38:10 |
MR. SENSENBRENNER, -
NOT SINCE THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS
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| 00:38:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
STRING OF
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| 00:38:14 |
Sensenbrenner, F. "James" James Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Wisconsin
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE DECISIONS IN THE 1960'S HAS CONGRESS SEEN FIT TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW BOTH AT-LARGE AND DISTRICT ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS...
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| 00:41:23 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO YIELD FOUR MINUTES
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| 00:41:25 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH, FORMER MEMBER OF THE RULES COMMITTEE, MR. BISHOP. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH IS RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR...
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| 00:41:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
YIELDING AS WELL. I COME HERE WITH A SENSE
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| 00:41:38 |
MR. ARCURI, -
OF DISAPPOINTMENT BUT ADMITTEDLY NOT SURPRISED.
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| 00:41:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
LAST NIGHT IN THE RULES COMMITTEE
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| 00:41:42 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF LISTENING TO A BRILLIANT AMENDMENT THAT I THOUGHT WAS BRILLIANTLY PRESENTED. I DID IT, SO IT WAS
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| 00:41:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BRILLIANT. UNFORTUNATELY
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| 00:41:51 |
MR. UTAH, -
THAT AMENDMENT WHICH WAS A NEW ISSUE TO
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| 00:41:53 |
Bishop, Rob - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
THIS DEBATE, IT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN ANOTHER VENUE OR DISCUSSED IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE, IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED NEITHER TO...
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| 00:45:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MINUTES. MR.
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| 00:45:38 |
MR. ARCURI, -
SESSIONS: IF I COULD INQUIRE FROM THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK
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| 00:45:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IF HE HAS ANY
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| 00:45:43 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT
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| 00:45:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO CLOSE. MR. ARCURI: YES, SIR, I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. MR. SESSIONS: MR. SPEAKER, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN TO RUN DOWN...
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| 00:45:59 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TIME. MR. ARCURI: MR. SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW
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| 00:46:09 |
MR. ARCURI, -
YORK. MR. ARCURI: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT IN LISTENING TO THE DEBATE THAT
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| 00:46:12 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
WHEN ONE LOOKS AT SOME OF THE DECISIONS FROM THE SUPREME COURT WITH RESPECT TO THE STEPS THAT CONGRESS, THE POWERS OF CONGRESS, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK...
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| 00:46:27 |
MR. ARCURI, -
ONE OF THE FIRST GREAT
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| 00:46:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CASES CONSIDERED BY JUSTICE MARSHALL IN
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| 00:46:30 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE EARLY SUPREME COURT. IN THAT CASE THE SUPREME COURT BASICALLY OUTLINED WHAT WAS THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE SEPARATION OF POWER BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT...
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| 00:48:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ABOUT THE ABILITY OF EVERY
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| 00:48:02 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
MEMBER OF THIS BODY TO BE ABLE TO AMEND A BILL. WE GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS
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| 00:48:10 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HERE. WELL, I SHOULDN'T
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| 00:48:12 |
Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SAY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IN THE 110TH CONGRESS IT'S BEEN VERY RARE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH REGULAR ORDER. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE'VE GONE THROUGH...
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| 00:52:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP
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| 00:52:46 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
BUT THINK AS A NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT WHEN WE CAME DOWN BACK IN JANUARY TO BE SWORN IN AND MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY WERE HERE, ONE OF THE...
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| 00:53:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
YOU. THE SPEAKER
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| 00:53:52 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. ARCURI: WE ANTICIPATE HAVING OUR SPEAKER, AND WE CONTINUE TO RESERVE THE BALANCE OF OUR TIME. THE SPEAKER...
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| 00:54:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DREIER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS
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| 00:54:15 |
MR. ARCURI, -
RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES. MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:
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| 00:54:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, THANK
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| 00:54:22 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GREAT FRIEND FROM DALLAS AND FROM NEW YORK FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT OF THIS RULE. I WANT TO SAY TO ME IT'S VERY CLEAR
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| 00:54:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THAT MR. SESSIONS GAVE ME A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
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| 00:54:37 |
MR. DREIER, -
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2, SAYS THE
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| 00:54:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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| 00:54:41 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
SHALL BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS CHOSEN EVERY SECOND YEAR BY THE PEOPLE OF THE SEVERAL STATES. AND SO UNTIL WE CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION AND MAKE THE...
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| 00:58:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FOR IT. IN FACT, WE'VE SPENT $400 BILLION ATTEMPTING TO GIVE
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| 00:58:16 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE PEOPLE IN IRAQ FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND IF WE CAN SPEND $400 BILLION IN IRAQ, THEN WE CAN SPEND SOME MONEY HERE TO GIVE THE 600,000 PEOPLE...
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| 00:58:53 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
ON THE AVERAGE TAXPAYING CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY? I THINK IT'S PLAINLY WRONG. I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. MR. ARCURI: YES, I WILL YIELD. >>...
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| 00:59:26 |
MR. ARCURI, -
UNCONSTITUTIONAL? MR. DREIER: ABSOLUTELY. I WILL TELL YOU WHEN THE DISTINGUISHED
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| 00:59:29 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT BEGAN HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE RULES COMMITTEE HE QUOTED BOTH KENNETH STARR. IT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF...
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| 00:59:47 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
AND I SUSPECT MAYBE THE LAST, KENNETH STARR, AND HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THEY HAD CONCLUDED THIS. THERE ARE CONFLICTING VIEWS AS TO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY...
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| 01:00:47 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
CLOSE READING OF THE CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS UNDER ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8 EXCLUSIVE LEGISLATION OVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE DISTRICT. I THINK THAT IT'S...
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| 01:01:27 |
MR. DREIER, -
MEMBERS ELECTED FROM
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| 01:01:29 |
MR. ARCURI, -
THE SEVERAL STATES. THAT'S WHY I ARGUE THAT IF IN FACT
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| 01:01:33 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS WE SHOULD LOOK AT A WAY IN WHICH THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BECOMES A STATE SO THAT IT CAN COMPLY WITH THE CONSTITUTION. I THANK...
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| 01:02:02 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
CERTAIN RESPECTS IN THE SAME WAY THAT A STATE DOES. I THAT I IT'S CLEARLY -- IN A MOMENT. I THINK IT'S CLEARLY WITHIN THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO DO THIS....
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| 01:02:33 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
THIS CHANGE SO THAT IT COMPLIES WITH ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2, IT SEEMS TO ME THERE NEEDS TO BE A MODIFICATION TO THE CONSTITUTION. MR. ARCURI: RECLAIMING...
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| 01:03:02 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SESSION: I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEWOMAN FROM MICHIGAN, MRS. MILLER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS...
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| 01:03:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BELIEVER AND DEFENDER
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| 01:03:22 |
MR. SESSION, -
OF THE CONSTITUTION. IN FACT WHAT I CAME TO CONGRESS
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| 01:03:25 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
LIKE ALL OF US DID I TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND INTEND
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| 01:03:29 |
Miller, Candice - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
TO DO SO. I BELIEVE WHAT THE HOUSE IS CONSIDERING PASSING TODAY IS SIMPLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. LET ME JUST SAY I AM NOT AGAINST THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT...
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| 01:06:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. MR. DAVIS: LET ME
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| 01:06:31 |
MR. ARCURI, -
JUST SAY A STRICT READING OF THE CONSTITUTION, IF YOU LOOK JUST AT ITS FACE, IF YOU READ THAT,
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| 01:06:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
D.C.RIES DENTS WOULDN'T HAVE A RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE THAT IS ONLY TO RESIDENTS OF STATES. D.C. RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE
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| 01:06:44 |
MR. ARCURI, -
NO RIGHT TO SUE NON-- RESIDENTS. THE FULL
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| 01:06:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE WOULDN'T APPLY TO
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| 01:06:51 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
D.C. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE THAT ONLY APPLIES TO STATES. BUT CONGRESS UNDER THE DISTRICT CLAUSE HAS ALLOWED THE DISTRICT TO BE TREATED AS A...
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| 01:09:08 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MR. ARCURI: I YIELD FIVE MINUTES TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MS. NORTON. ...
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| 01:09:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MANAGING A FEW MINUTES OF THIS BILL.
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| 01:09:30 |
MR. ARCURI, -
BUT I MUST SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN VIRTUALLY DRIVEN TO THE FLOOR BY THE
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| 01:09:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ABSTRACTIONS OF THE DISCUSSION. I WANT TO THANK THE
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| 01:09:38 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. I WANT TO SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA FOR THOSE LITERALISTS -- WOULD THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA ENGAGE IN A COLLOQUY...
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| 01:10:48 |
MR. DAVIS, -
THEY
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| 01:10:49 |
MS. NORTON, -
WERE AFRAID CONGRESS WAS GOING TO ENACT A BAN ON SLAVE HOLDING IN
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| 01:10:53 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
THE DISTRICT. MS. NORTON: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN. AND THE GENTLEMAN HAS CLARIFIED THE READING OF STATE. THE REASON I HAVE COME IS NOT TO -- NOT FRANKLY...
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| 01:11:16 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
DISCUSSION HAS BEEN SUCH AN ABSTRACTION I HAVE COME BECAUSE THAT DISCUSSION HAS BEEN AS IF THE FRAMERS SET UP A PLACE, NOT A CITY WITH REAL PEOPLE. IT...
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| 01:15:12 |
MR. ARCURI, -
SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I YIELD BACK THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM
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| 01:15:21 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
TEXAS. MR. SESSIONS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE DISTINGUISHED THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA, MR. KING. THE...
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| 01:15:40 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNDERLYING BILL. THE FIRST PREMISE
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| 01:15:42 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IS THAT WE ALL STAND HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THIS CONGRESS AND TAKE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.
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| 01:15:48 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND EVEN THE STRONGEST ADVOCATES FOR THIS BILL,
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| 01:15:51 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
BEFORE THE HEARING IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, TESTIFIED THAT IF WE BELIEVE THAT A BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BEFORE US WE ARE OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD OUR...
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| 01:18:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER, I NOW YIELD FIVE MINUTES TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS, MS. JACKSON
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| 01:18:25 |
MR. KING, -
LEE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED
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| 01:18:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FOR FIVE MINUTES.
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| 01:18:29 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
MS. JACKSON LEE: I ASK TO REVISE AND EXTEND. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MS. JACKSON LEE: LET ME FIRST OF ALL ADD MY APPRECIATION TO...
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| 01:18:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DAVIS, MAYBE THE CONSTITUTIONAL TEACHERS AT VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL ARE OWED A DEBT OF
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| 01:18:56 |
MS. JACKSON LEE, -
GRATITUDE AS WELL. AND,
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| 01:18:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF COURSE, THE GENTLELADY WHO
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| 01:19:00 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
HAS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HER, I THINK, LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE CAREER, THE HONORABLE CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON. THIS IS AN HISTORIC MOMENT AND...
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| 01:24:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE
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| 01:24:29 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
SAYING, NO, THE CONSTITUTION IS STRICT. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THIS. IN THE LAST CONGRESS, BOTH COMMITTEES
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| 01:24:37 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
UNDER JURISDICTION CLEARED THIS BILL FOR THE FLOOR. AND THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DENIED IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE FLOOR. WE COULD HAVE A FULL...
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| 01:27:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO SAVE TWO MINUTES
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| 01:27:01 |
MR. ARCURI, -
FOR MY CLOSE AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE GENTLEMAN WOULD ALLOW ME ONE
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| 01:27:06 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ADDITIONAL MINUTE FOR A SPEAKER THAT I HAVE. MR. ARCURI: MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD A MINUTE AND A
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| 01:27:12 |
MR. ARCURI, -
HALF TO MS. NORTON. MS. NORTON: I WILL
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| 01:27:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
NOT OBJECT. I WILL NOT
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| 01:27:18 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
OBJECT BECAUSE THE -- OUT OF THE SENSE OF FAIRNESS THAT I HOPE THAT EVERY MEMBER WILL BRING WITH HIM TO THE FLOOR WHEN THE TIME COMES
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| 01:27:29 |
MR. ARCURI, -
TO VOTE ON THIS BILL. I WILL NOT OBJECT BECAUSE MR. ROHRABACHER,
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| 01:27:35 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
WHO MAY DISAGREE WITH MY BILL, HAS AT LEAST UNDERSTOOD THAT THE REPUBLIC CANNOT GO ON AS LONG AS THE RESIDENTS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL ARE DENIED A...
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| 01:28:23 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. MR. ROHRABACHER: MY
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| 01:28:25 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
FRIEND IS CORRECT WHEN SHE SAID WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TAXATION WITHOUT...
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| 01:28:35 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
DO. HOWEVER, WHAT IS BEING OFFERED IS CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IF WE JUST GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCEDURE AND IT GETS THROWN OUT BY
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| 01:28:42 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE COURT, WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED? THERE IS
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| 01:28:45 |
Rohrabacher, Dana - U.S. Representative, [R] California
AN ALTERNATIVE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SUBSTITUTE WAS NOT MADE IN ORDER. THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WHICH WOULD GIVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE, NOT ONLY THE...
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| 01:30:25 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
I MAY OFFER AN
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| 01:30:26 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AMENDMENT TO THE RULE WHICH WOULD MAKE IN ORDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DANA ROHRABACHER, AS DESCRIBED TODAY, WHICH WAS...
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| 01:31:26 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND PROVIDE THE CITIZENS OF OUR NATION'S CAPITAL
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| 01:31:28 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT OF ALL, THAT IS OF COURSE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. I WANT TO COMMEND THE DELEGATE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS...
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| 01:32:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
VOTE ON THE GROUNDS THAT A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT AND MAKE A POINT OF ORDER A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: EVIDENTLY A QUORUM IS...
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| 01:32:26 |
MR. SESSIONS, -
ON
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| 01:32:27 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ADOPTING HOUSE RESOLUTION 260, AND SUSPENDING
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| 01:32:29 |
Pallone, Frank Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
THE RULES AND AGREEING TO HOUSE RESOLUTION CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 66. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
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| 01:32:37 |
Pallone, Frank Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE...
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| 02:12:19 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN RISE? MR. CONYERS: MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TO CALL UP THE BILL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE ...
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| 02:12:44 |
MR. CONYERS, -
ORDER. MEMBERS WILL PLEASE REMOVE CONVERSATIONS TO THE ANTEROOM. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR.
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| 02:13:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CONYERS: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MADAM SPEAKER, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN CL TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR...
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| 02:13:23 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. THE CLERK: H.R. 1433, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF...
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| 02:13:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
REPORT 110-63 IS ADOPTED, AND THE BILL AS AMENDED IS
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| 02:13:51 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
CONSIDERED READ. DEBATE SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR AND 20 MINUTES WITH A TOTAL OF 60 MINUTES EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING...
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| 02:14:03 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN, MR. CONYERS,...
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| 02:14:48 |
MR. CONYERS, -
MOMENT, INDEED. I AM
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| 02:14:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HONORED TO LEAD THE FLOOR MANAGEMENT OF A BILL THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG TO
|
| 02:15:03 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
DEBATE AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WE MUST NOW CHOOSE TO DISCONTINUE...
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| 02:24:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WE CAN'T GLOSS OVER ITS DEFICIENCIES.
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| 02:24:44 |
MR. SMITH, -
AT THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HEARING ON THIS BILL,
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| 02:24:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PROFESSOR JONATHAN TURLEY,
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| 02:24:50 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
SOME WHO LOOK TO HIM FOR HIS VIEWS SAID, QUOTE, PERMIT ME TO BE BLUNT. I CONSIDER THIS ACT TO BE THE MOST PREMEDITATED, UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACT BY CONGRESS...
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| 02:31:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WEIGHED IN TO THIS BILL AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS, FORMER SENATORS
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| 02:31:14 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES WHO ALL EXAMINED THIS WITH GREAT CARE AND FIND IT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY DEFECTIVE. THE SPEAKER...
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| 02:31:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GENTLEMAN YIELDS ME ONE MINUTE AND
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| 02:31:49 |
MR. CONYERS, -
I THANK HIM FOR THAT. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. MR. HOYER: THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,...
|
| 02:32:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DEDINED TO DO ONE THING ENFRANCHISE AMERICANS
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| 02:32:08 |
MR. HOYER, -
FULLY WITH A VOTING REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE
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| 02:32:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GREAT STATE OF
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| 02:32:17 |
Hoyer, Steny H. - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
MARYLAND. MARYLAND, AT THE REQUEST OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, GAVE SOME SQUARE MILES OF ITS STATE TO OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA....
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| 02:41:57 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. MADAM
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| 02:41:59 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
SPEAKER, I ALSO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO HAVE THE STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY AND OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL MADE A PART OF THE RECORD. THE SPEAKER...
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| 02:42:25 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THIS INSTANCE THE MAJORITY GETS AN
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| 02:42:27 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
F. THIS BILL IS FRAUGHT WITH CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS. ALL I NEED TO DO IS TO GO BACK TO THE
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| 02:42:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED BY THEN CHAIRMAN
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| 02:42:39 |
Sensenbrenner, F. "James" James Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Wisconsin
PETER ODENOA DEMOCRATIC AND A LIBERAL ICON WHEN HE REPORTED OUT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN FRANCHISING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN 1978. THAT COMMITTEE...
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| 02:45:16 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT COULD TAKE 10
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| 02:45:18 |
MR. SENSENBRENNER, -
YEARS, WHO KNOWS, TO HAVE A PART OF A
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| 02:45:23 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
STATE --
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| 02:45:25 |
MR. CONYERS, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. MR. CONYERS: 10 MORE SECONDS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
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| 02:45:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IS RECOGNIZED. MR. CONYERS: THE THREE METHODS THAT'S BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE FORMER CHAIRMAN
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| 02:45:34 |
MR. CONYERS, -
OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE, WHO HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS, ARE IN EFFECT IMPRACTICAL. I'LL FILL THAT OUT IN MY OTHER COMMENT. MADAM SPEAKER, I'M PLEASED...
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| 02:45:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CHAIRMAN OF THE
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| 02:45:49 |
MR. CONYERS, -
CONSTITUTIONAL
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| 02:45:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WHO HAS DONE
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| 02:45:52 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
EXTRAORDINARY WORK IN THIS REGARD. I YIELD HIM FIVE MINUTES. YOU DON'T NEED FIVE MINUTES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR...
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| 02:46:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BY THE DISENFRANCE CHEESEMENT
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| 02:46:23 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
OF A LARGE GROUP OF OUR CITIZENS WHO PAY TAXES -- DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF A LARGE GROUP OF OUR CITIZENS WHO PAY TAXES, BEAR ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES...
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| 02:50:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF THE AISLE I CAN ONLY COME TO ONE CONCLUSION AND THAT IS,
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| 02:50:35 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS AN INCONVENIENT THING. WE HAVE HEARD THAT IT MAY TAKE TOO LONG TO DO IT THE CONSTITUTIONAL
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| 02:50:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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| 02:50:45 |
Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
WAY. SHE EVEN SUGGESTED -- HEARD SUGGESTED HERE THAT IF YOU OPPOSE THIS YOU ARE AGAINST VOTING RIGHTS. WELL, AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR I AM ABSOLUTELY...
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| 02:52:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. CONYERS: AND REFER THE FORMER
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| 02:52:56 |
MR. LUNGREN, -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO THE LIST S WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ABOUT
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| 02:53:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
10 DECISIONS IN WHICH WE'VE
|
| 02:53:08 |
MR. CONYERS, -
USED THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY THAT D.C. IS A STATE.
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| 02:53:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO
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| 02:53:14 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. MR. CONYERS: AND I'M PLEASED NOW TO YIELD TO THE DISTINGUISHED LADY, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, AND WHO HAS...
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| 02:53:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS IS
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| 02:53:36 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES. MS. JACKSON LEE: I THANK THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER. MR. CONYERS, LET ME PAY TRIBUTE TO YOU. IT GIVES ME SUCH A PRIVILEGE...
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| 02:53:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE FROM TEXAS. BUT IT IS A SPECIAL
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| 02:53:59 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
HONOR AND IT HUMBLES MANY OF US BECAUSE A LOT OF US WERE NOT HERE FOR THE DEBATE ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND THE VOTER RIGHTS ACT OF 1965....
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| 02:58:09 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR 45 SECONDS. MR. CONYERS: AND I CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE GENTLELADY FOR...
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| 02:58:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
2000. AS YOU WELL KNOW, THAT CASE
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| 02:58:38 |
MR. CONYERS, -
WENT TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ON THEIR
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| 02:58:42 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OWN EXPEDITING, AND A DECISION WAS
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| 02:58:44 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
MADE BETWEEN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. MY FRIENDS, THIS IS A SMOKE AND MIRROR ISSUE. TODAY WE ARE HOLDING UP THE CONSTITUTION, AND I HOPE THAT AS WE HOLD IT...
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| 02:59:30 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
COMPRISE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHO WILL COMPRISE THE CONGRESS. IT SAYS IT WILL BE -- IT SHALL BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS THAT COME FROM THE SEVERAL...
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| 02:59:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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| 02:59:40 |
Gohmert, Louis "Louie" B. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IT'S VERY CLEAR. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHO WERE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT THROUGH LEGISLATION SAID, WELL, THEY...
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| 03:01:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HIGHLY PRAISED JUDGE IGNORES A SITUATION THAT JUST CAME
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| 03:01:48 |
MR. CONYERS, -
OUT OF THE COURT, AND A SUPPORTER OF GUN RIGHTS, TOO, ENS DENTLY THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE -- INCIDENTALLY, THAT WE HAVE
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| 03:01:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AN ISSUE WHERE THE COURTS -- THE FEDERAL COURT PARKER
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| 03:02:03 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
V. WILLIAMS HELD THAT IN THE COURT -- I YIELD MYSELF ANOTHER 30 SECONDS. HELD THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT RENDERS THE DISTRICT GUN BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL....
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| 03:03:19 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SUPPORT OF H.R. 1433, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE VOTING
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| 03:03:24 |
Waters, Maxine - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ACT. -- VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 2007 OF WHICH I'M A PROUD CO-SPONSOR. IN A COUNTRY WHERE BASIC HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS WERE ONLY INCREMENTLY GIVEN TO SIMILARLY...
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| 03:06:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
COLUMBIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THERE IS
|
| 03:06:33 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
NO DOUBT THEY DO NOT HAVE A FULL VOTING RIGHT
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| 03:06:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WITHOUT TRAMPLING ON THE CONSTITUTION. UNFORTUNATELY
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| 03:06:44 |
Goodlatte, Robert "Bob" - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
THIS BILL IS NOT ONE OF THEM. MEMBERS WERE ELECTED FROM THE STATES, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 STATES THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE MEMBERS CHOSEN...
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| 03:08:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. ISSA: MADAM SPEAKER, IT IS AN UNUSUAL
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| 03:09:01 |
MR. CONYERS, -
DAY IN WHICH THE CO-SPONSOR
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| 03:09:03 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF A BILL NOT IN JUST THIS CONGRESS, BUT IN
|
| 03:09:06 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE PREVIOUS CONGRESS, COMES TO OPPOSE THE FINAL PASSAGE. IT IS NOT THAT I OBJECT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GAINING A
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| 03:09:18 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
VOTE IN THIS BODY.
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| 03:09:20 |
Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
JUST THE OPPOSITE. FOR TWO CONGRESSES I HAVE WORKED WITH CHAIRMAN DAVIS, NOW RANKING MEMBER DAVIS, TO ACHIEVE THAT. IT IS THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON ...
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| 03:11:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HUMAN HISTORY. THAT'S DUE TO A NUMBER OF
|
| 03:11:31 |
MR. CONYERS, -
REASONS, NUMBER OF FACTS, NUMBER OF TRUTHS THAT MAKE
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| 03:11:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THAT SO, BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE IS THE DOCUMENT
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| 03:11:37 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WE CALL THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. ON GIVING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A VOTING MEMBER IN CONGRESS
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| 03:11:44 |
Jordan, James "Jim" D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR. LET ME READ WHAT OTHER MEMBERS HAVE READ. ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...
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| 03:13:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE FLOOR HERE TO STAND UP FOR
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| 03:13:07 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THIS CONSTITUTION. THAT'S MY OATH, AS IT IS ALL OF OUR OATHS. WE STAND HERE ON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS AND TAKE AN OATH TO
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| 03:13:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THIS CONSTITUTION, MADAM SPEAKER. THE LANGUAGE IN THIS CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN MANY TIMES
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| 03:13:19 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
STATED, IS IS UTTERLY CLEAR, BUT I WANT TO DRAW A DISTINCTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN EMPHASIZED VERY MUCH. THAT IS IF YOU CAN RATIONALIZE THAT THE DISTRICT...
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| 03:15:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TAKING AWAY, DIMINUTION, AND REDUCING OF VOTING RIGHTS FOR
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| 03:15:36 |
MR. SMITH, -
CITIZENS OF MY DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF NEW
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| 03:15:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
JERSEY. THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL DO THIS IN
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| 03:15:41 |
Garrett, Scott - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE EQUALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL CREATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN AN AREA OF THIS COUNTRY THAT IS NOT A STATE. IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT...
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| 03:16:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MICHIGAN. MR. CONYERS: I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME,
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| 03:16:54 |
MR. SMITH, -
TOO. I HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME
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| 03:16:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
LEFT. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WHO SEEKS RECOGNITION? MR. SMITH: I YIELD
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| 03:17:03 |
MR. SMITH, -
ONE MINUTE TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM TEXAS, MR.
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| 03:17:07 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
POE.
|
| 03:17:08 |
MR. SMITH, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED
|
| 03:17:10 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FOR ONE MINUTE. MR. POE: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I AM
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| 03:17:12 |
MR. CONYERS, -
GLAD THAT WE ARE FINALLY DISCUSSING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. SO MUCH LEGISLATION GOES THROUGH THIS HOUSE FROM BOTH SIDES WHERE THE CONSTITUTION IS NEVER...
|
| 03:17:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL OR
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| 03:17:23 |
MR. SMITH, -
NOT. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OUGHT TO BE REPRESENTED IN
|
| 03:17:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE HOUSE. BUT THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW IT
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| 03:17:31 |
Poe, Ted - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
EXCEPT BY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. AND HISTORY IS ON THE SIDE OF WHAT I SAY. THE 23 $-- 23RD AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION APPROVED IN 1961 GIVES...
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| 03:18:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. REGULAR GOO LA: I HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH -- MR.
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| 03:18:40 |
MR. SMITH, -
REGULA: I HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS. I HAVE BEEN INTRODUCING A BILL TO
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| 03:18:45 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SEVERAL SESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE RETROSESSION OF THE STATE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MINUS THE FEDERAL PORTION TO THE STATE
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| 03:18:52 |
MR. REGULA, -
OF MARYLAND. THIS WOULD GIVE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN WASHINGTON D.C. A CHANCE
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| 03:18:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO VOTE ON SENATORS, TO
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| 03:18:57 |
MR. REGULAR GOO LA, -
VOTE ON LEGISLATORS, IT WOULD GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE A
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| 03:19:01 |
Regula, Ralph - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF THINGS WOULD ACCRUE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE...
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| 03:20:06 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO US, DON'T YOU LIKE DEMOCRACY? WE'VE GOT SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR
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| 03:20:10 |
MR. SMITH, -
DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE ARE SAYING TO OUR FRIENDS ON THE LEFT, DON'T YOU LIKE
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| 03:20:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE CONSTITUTION? THE QUESTION IS ARE ARE WE A
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| 03:20:18 |
MR. FEENEY, -
PURE DEMOCRACY OR A CONSTITUTIONAL
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| 03:20:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
REPUBLIC? THE CONSTITUTION IS MADE UP
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| 03:20:22 |
Feeney, Tom - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
OF POWERS DELEGATED BY THE STATES AND THE STATES ALONE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE STATES AND THE STATES ALONE, ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE...
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| 03:21:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
STATE OF NEVADA, IT'S BEEN YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
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| 03:21:33 |
MR. SMITH, -
WAYS TO PROMOTE VOTING AND I SUPPORT THE VOTING RIGHTS OF ALL
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| 03:21:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AMERICANS. AND I ADDITIONALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS
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| 03:21:38 |
Heller, Dean - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada
OF UTAH FOR ITS POPULATION THAT LIVES ABROAD OUTSIDE ITS BORDERS AND THEIR DESIRE FOR AN EXTRA SEAT. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, UNTIL THIS YEAR NEVADA HAS HAD...
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| 03:22:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. CHAIRMAN AND MADAM SPEAKER, I WANT TO MAKE A TRANSPICK
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| 03:22:34 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
WITH USLY CLEAR THAT I LOVE THE CONSTITUTION. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. THERE WERE CONSTITUTIONAL
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| 03:22:46 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SCHOLARS ON BOTH SIDES OF DRED
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| 03:22:48 |
Green, Al - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
SCOTT. THERE WERE CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS ON BOTH SIDES OF PLESSY VERSUS FERGUSON. THERE WERE CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS ON BOTH SIDES OF BROWN VS....
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| 03:24:24 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
KUCINICH, THE DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE
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| 03:24:26 |
MR. SMITH, -
OF OURS
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| 03:24:32 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FROM -- EXCUSE ME, MADAM
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| 03:24:36 |
MR. CONYERS, -
SPEAKER. RUSH HOLT OF NEW JERSEY IS ON THE FLOOR AND I WOULD BE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR ONE FULL MINUTE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM...
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| 03:25:05 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
EXCLUSIVE LEGISLATION. IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THE
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| 03:25:08 |
Holt, Rush - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
PRICE IS THE LOSS OF THE FRANCHISE. AS A YOUNGSTER WHO LIVED HERE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, I WAS TOLD BY SOME THAT RESIDENTS OF THE D.C. WERE...
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| 03:26:19 |
MR. CONYERS, -
COLOSSAL INJUSTICE. THEY LIVE WITHIN A SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE THAT EXSTRACTS THE FULL RANGE OF TAXES PAID BY ALL OTHER U.S. CITIZENS WITHOUT THE
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| 03:26:27 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BENEFIT OF VOTING REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. THE HISTORY OF
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| 03:26:32 |
Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
D.C. IS THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY DENIED. ITS CITIZENS HAVE GIVEN THE FULL MEASURE OF THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES. THEY FOUGHT IN WARS FOR...
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| 03:27:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
NOT THE RIGHT THING TO
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| 03:27:43 |
MR. CONYERS, -
DO. THEY HIDE REALLY BEHIND THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONSTITUTION. I SAY HIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF INTERPRETATIONS AND ANY NUMBER
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| 03:27:52 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF CONSERVATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS HAS
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| 03:27:55 |
Moran, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
SHOULD THIS IS FULLY CONSTITUTIONAL. BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE THERE IS NO JURISDICTION, NO STATE, NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS HAD MORE...
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| 03:29:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MINUTE. MRS. MALONEY: I RISE WITH STRONG SUPPORT FOR VOTING RIGHTS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. I W.T.O. NOTE THIS MONTH IS
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| 03:29:20 |
MR. CONYERS, -
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND IT TOOK WOMEN MANY, MANY LONG YEARS TO GAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. IT TOOK A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN 1920 TO GIVE
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| 03:29:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. TODAY WE CAN VOTE TO GIVE VOTE
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| 03:29:33 |
Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
TO THE REZZDEPTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. I -- THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1965 THAT THE LANDMARK VOTING RIGHTS ACT...
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| 03:30:40 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OTHER SPEAKERS BESIDES HIMSELF? MR. CONYERS: I WAS GOING TO YIELD PART OF MY TIME IN CLOSING TO ANOTHER MEMBER, YES. MR.
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| 03:30:50 |
MR. CONYERS, -
SMITH: MADAM SPEAKER, I'LL YIELD MYSELF THE BALANCE OF THE TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO
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| 03:30:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. SMITH:
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| 03:30:57 |
MR. SMITH, -
LET ME SUMMARIZE THE REASONS WE SHOULD OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION. D.C. IS NOT A STATE AND THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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| 03:31:04 |
MR. CONYERS, -
CLEARLY LIMITS REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE TO STATES. SUPPORTERS OF THIS BILL CLAIM CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENACT IN BILL UNDER A
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| 03:31:11 |
MR. SMITH, -
BROAD READING OF THE SO-CALLED DISTRICT CLAUSE IN ARTICLE 1, SECTION
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| 03:31:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
8 OF THE CONSTITUTION. HOUFF,
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| 03:31:18 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 CLEARLY SAYS, QUOTE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS CHOSEN EVERY SECOND YEAR BY THE PEOPLE OF THE SEVERAL...
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| 03:33:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN MY REMARKS AND UNDER REVISE AND
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| 03:33:41 |
MR. CONYERS, -
EXTEND. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MS. WATSON: THIS IS LONG
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| 03:33:45 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OVERDUE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. MR. CONYERS: AND I APOLOGIZE TO
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| 03:33:51 |
MS. WATSON, -
MR. SMITH AS HE CAN SEE, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AROUND HERE. I YIELD 30 SECONDS TO THE
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| 03:34:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DISTINGUISHED FORMER MEMBER
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| 03:34:03 |
MS. WATSON, -
OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FROM MARYLAND, MR. VAN
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| 03:34:06 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HOLLEN, 30 SECONDS. THE
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| 03:34:10 |
MR. CONYERS, -
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30 SECONDS MR. VAN HOLLEN: MADAM SPEAKER, THIS BILL IS ABOUT JUSTICE. IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS...
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| 03:34:30 |
Van Hollen, Christopher - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT RIGHT NEXT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. IT IS WRONG WHEN YOU CROSS THE BORDER FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. INTO MY DISTRICT YOU GO FROM A...
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| 03:35:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PELOSI. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
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| 03:35:16 |
MR. CONYERS, -
IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30 SECONDS. MS. PELOSI: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM SPEAKER. I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR
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| 03:35:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:, -
YIELDING AND HIS LEADERSHIP FOR
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| 03:35:23 |
MR. CONYERS, -
BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT LEGISLATION TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS A HAPPY DAY, INDEED, IT IS AN HISTORIC DAY. IT IS A DAY WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT...
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| 03:35:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND REPRESENTED. THIS IS A PERSONAL JOY FOR
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| 03:35:39 |
Pelosi, Nancy - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ME AS WELL BECAUSE WHEN I WAS BORN, ALL THOSE MANY YEARS AGO, MY FATHER SERVED IN THE CONGRESS AND HE BECAME THE CHAIR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
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| 03:38:39 |
THE SPEAKER, -
THAT VALIDATES THE FACT THAT THE ONE
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| 03:38:42 |
MR. COP YERS, -
MAN, ONE VOTE PRINCIPLE IS
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| 03:38:45 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
NOT VIOLATED BY THE
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| 03:38:47 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
UTAH CREATION OF AN AT-LARGE DISTRICT. MADAM SPEAKER AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PREDICTIONS FOR -- FROM MEMBERS OF THIS CONGRESS...
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| 03:40:09 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
MINUTES. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. WAX MAPP: I YIELD OUR TIME TO BE MANAGED BY THE GENTLELADY FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SOON TO BE A --...
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| 03:40:32 |
Waxman, Henry - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MS. NORTON: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD...
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| 03:40:48 |
Waxman, Henry - U.S. Representative, [D] California
COVERED WITH THE FULL HAND PRINTS OF SCORES OF MEMBERS BEGINNING WITH CONGRESSMAN TOM DAVIS WHO CULTIVATED THE SEED AND
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| 03:40:57 |
MS. NORTON, -
UTAH MEMBERS COON AND BISHOP JOINED BY MR. MATHESON, THE STATE'S ONLY DEMOCRATIC MEMBER. HOWEVER, IT WAS
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| 03:41:05 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
LEADERSHIP THAT GOT US TO
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| 03:41:07 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
THIS HISTORIC DAY, ESPECIALLY SPEAKER PELOSI'S PERSONAL INSISTENCE, MAJORITY LEADER HOYER'S OUTSPOKEN ENERGY, CHAIRMAN CONYERS, DECADES OF PERSISTENCE...
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| 03:43:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BELIEVE AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS A
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| 03:43:37 |
MR. DAVIS, -
CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY TO A HISTORIC
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| 03:43:40 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WRONG. NOW, WHILE MANY HAVE FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
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| 03:43:45 |
Pence, Mike - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
OF SUCH A MOVE, I BELIEVE THE ONLY QUESTION FOR A MEMBER OF CONGRESS ON SUCH MATTERS IS THIS, WHAT DOES JUSTICE DEMAND AND WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION...
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| 03:48:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. MR. WAXMAN: MADAM SPEAKER, I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR YIELDING TO ME. TODAY WE ARE CONSIDERING...
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| 03:48:49 |
MS. NORTON, -
BRING DEMOCRACY TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THIS BILL WILL GRANT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A FULL VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEY HAVE...
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| 03:49:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FOR OVER 200 YEARS, AND THIS WILL HELP RIGHT THIS LONG-STANDING
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| 03:49:04 |
Waxman, Henry - U.S. Representative, [D] California
INJUSTICE. BUT I WANT TO USE MY TIME TO POINT OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CHAMPIONS OF THIS LEGISLATION WHO DESERVE RECOGNITION. ONE IS CONGRESSWOMAN...
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| 03:50:14 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA. MR. DAVIS: I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
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| 03:50:17 |
MR. DAVIS, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN
|
| 03:50:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MS. NORTON: MADAM SPEAKER,
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| 03:50:23 |
MR. PRICE, -
I'M PLEASED TO YIELD TO THE CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE JURISDICTION OVER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS,...
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| 03:50:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TIME? MS. NORTON: I YIELD 2 1/2
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| 03:50:36 |
MR. DAVIS, -
MINUTES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
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| 03:50:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FROM ILLINOIS IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2 1/2 MINUTES. MR. DAVIS: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I ASK UNANIMOUS
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| 03:50:43 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. DAVIS: FIRST OF ALL LET ME THANK THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM THE ...
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| 03:50:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TIME. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE
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| 03:50:54 |
MS. NORTON, -
CHAIRMAN OF OVERSIGHT, THE HONORABLE HENRY
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| 03:50:57 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WAXMAN, AND THE RANKING MEMBER, TOM DAVIS, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP
|
| 03:51:01 |
MR. DAVIS, -
ON THIS TREMENDOUS LEGISLATION. BUT I ALSO WANT TO
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| 03:51:05 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ADD ACCOLADES TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM THE
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| 03:51:07 |
Davis, Danny - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO HAS PUT HER HEART, MIND, AND SOUL INTO THIS LEGISLATION AND WITHOUT HER LEADERSHIP WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON....
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| 03:52:48 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 4 1/2. MR. DAVIS: I'LL CLOSE. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
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| 03:52:52 |
MR. DAVIS, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. DAVIS: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD A NUMBER
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| 03:52:57 |
MS. NORTON, -
OF EDITORIALS AND OPINIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR.
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| 03:53:03 |
MR. DAVIS, -
DAVIS: IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT IF OPPORTUNITY
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| 03:53:06 |
MS. NORTON, -
DOESN'T KNOCK, BUILD A DOOR. WITH THIS BILL
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| 03:53:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WE ARE DOING JUST THAT. USING
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| 03:53:10 |
MR. DAVIS, -
THE MATERIALS AT HAND TODAY WE CAN OPEN A PORTAL TO
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| 03:53:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FULL DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION THAT FOR TOO
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| 03:53:15 |
MR. DAVIS, -
LONG HAS REMAINED LOCKED. THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE RIGHT, THE STARS ARE ARE ALIGNED, AND THE PROPOSAL SOUND. FOUR YEARS
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| 03:53:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AGO WE SAW A CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS THAT SET THE STAGE FOR THE COMPROMISE
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| 03:53:25 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
BEFORE US TODAY. TWO INJUSTICES MET TO CREATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT BOTH. ON THE ONE HAND A LONG IGNORED HISTORICAL ANOMALY DENIED THE CITIZENS...
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| 03:58:18 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FLOOR. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS RECOGNIZED. MS. NORTON: MADAM SPEAKER, HAS THE GENTLEMAN YIELDED BACK
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| 03:58:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HIS TIME? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. MS. NORTON: ALL TIME HAS EXPIRED. I WANT TO END THIS DEBATE BY FINALLY LET GENUINE...
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| 03:58:49 |
MS. NORTON, -
THE FRAMERS' PROMISE TO THE CITIZENS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
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| 03:58:53 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR LAND TO THIS CAPITAL CITY THE CONGRESS,
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| 03:58:57 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
THE VERY FIRST CONGRESS ENFORCED THE DISTRICT CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION BYLAW GUARANTEEING THE STATUS QUO DURING THE 10-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD. ...
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| 04:01:42 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
NO. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE AYES HAVE IT. THIRD READING. THE CLERK: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION...
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| 04:02:03 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GENTLEMAN OPPOSED TO THE BILL? MR. SMITH: I AM IN ITS CURRENT FORM. THE CLERK: MR. SMITH
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| 04:02:08 |
THE CLERK, -
OF TEXAS MOVES TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT -- MR. SMITH I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT
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| 04:02:14 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE MOTION BE CONSIDERED AS READ. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT
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| 04:02:18 |
MR. SMITH, -
OBJECTION. MR. CONYERS: MADAM SPEAKER --
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| 04:02:22 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DOES THE GENTLEMAN
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| 04:02:26 |
MR. SMITH, -
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO
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| 04:02:28 |
THE CLERK, -
OBJECT? MR. CONYERS: YES, MA'AM, I DO. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CLERK WILL CONTINUE READING. THE
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| 04:02:37 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CLERK: WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE SAME WITH THE
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| 04:02:41 |
MR. CONYERS, -
AMENDMENT, ADD SECTION 6, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PERSONAL PROTECTION, A, REFORM D.C. COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT FIRE ARMS, SECTION 4 OF THE ACT...
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| 04:02:54 |
MR. CONYERS, -
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| 04:02:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE KILLING OF WILD BIRDS AND WILD ANIMALS IN
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| 04:02:58 |
THE CLERK, -
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APPROVED JUNE 30, 1906, IS AMENDED BY ADDING AT THE END THE FOLLOWING, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF...
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| 04:03:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVE SUGGESTED TODAY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN
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| 04:04:01 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
CONGRESS. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THEY MUST ALSO AGREE THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED RIGHT TO POSSESS...
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| 04:06:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
A FREESTANDING BILL. IT IS THE FIRST CLEAR GUN CONTROL
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| 04:06:38 |
Souder, Mark Edward - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
VOTE AND POSSIBLY THE ONLY ONE WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR. IT IS A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHOULD HAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT....
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| 04:08:45 |
MR. SMITH, -
DOUBLE HYPOCRISY I HAVE EVER HEARD OF ON A
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| 04:08:48 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BILL OF THIS
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| 04:08:51 |
MR. CONYERS, -
MAGNITUDE. VERY CLEVER, WHOEVER DREAMED THIS
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| 04:08:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UP. THE MOTION TO
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| 04:09:00 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
RECOMMIT WOULD DENY EVERYONE IN THIS HOUSE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON WHETHER CITIZENS WOULD GAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND AT THE SAME TIME ARM THEM WITH MILITARY-TYPE...
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| 04:11:00 |
MR. DAVIS, -
SENDS IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. SMITH: THAT IS
|
| 04:11:05 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CORRECT. MR. DAVIS: ESSENTIALLY THIS VOTE DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. YOU CAN
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| 04:11:09 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
GET YOUR VOTE ON GUN RIGHTS, BUT IT KILLS THE BILL THAT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS. IT IS PUT THERE TO PUT MEMBERS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION. IF YOU...
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| 04:11:25 |
MR. SMITH, -
GUN BAN LATER
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| 04:11:26 |
Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
ON. THE COURTS HAVE OVERTURNED IT. I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD LAW BUT THIS DOESN'T OVERTURN IT. IT KILLS THE BILL AND WITH IT KILLS THE AMENDMENT....
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| 04:11:58 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
OFTEN, MOST OF THE TIME YOU CAN VOTE FOR THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT AND STILL SAVE THE BILL. NOT TRUE HERE. IF YOU VOTE FOR THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT YOU WILL...
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| 04:12:10 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
IT. THIS MATTER IS IN THE COURTS. NO MATTER WHAT WE DO HERE IT IS A NULLITY. IT IS NOW IF THE FEDERAL COURTS AND IT IS IN THE FEDERAL COURTS ON...
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| 04:13:13 |
THE SPEAKER, -
PRO TEMPORE: DOES THE GENTLEMAN YIELD BACK. MR. CONYERS: YES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 260
|
| 04:13:20 |
MR. CON YERS -- MR. CONYERS, -
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THE BILL COWHER
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| 04:13:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
POSTPONED. >> PARLIAMENTARY
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| 04:13:36 |
MR. CONYERS, -
INQUIRY.
|
| 04:13:37 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. MR. SOUDER: DID I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN...
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| 04:13:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RECOMMIT -- THE SPEAKER
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| 04:13:57 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN WILL
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| 04:14:00 |
MR. SOUDER, -
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| 04:14:03 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SUSPEND. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. MR. SOUDER: DID I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT THAT THE GENTLEMAN
|
| 04:14:13 |
MR. SOUDER, -
FROM MICHIGAN HAS ASKED US TO NOT VOTE AND DELAY PROCEEDINGS?
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| 04:14:17 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE RULING OF THE CHAIR. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE EFFECT IS THAT FURTHER PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED. >> PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY....
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| 04:14:30 |
Souder, Mark Edward - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
SPEAKER SAY WAS UNDER THE RULE IT'S POSTPONED. IS IT IN THE RULE? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS IS RECOGNIZED. MR. LINDER: IS IT IN THE...
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| 04:14:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TEMPORE: FURTHER PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED. MR. SOUDER: PARLIAMENTARY
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| 04:14:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INQUIRY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA.
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| 04:14:48 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR.
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| 04:14:49 |
MR. LINDER, -
SOUDER: PROCEEDING ON THIS BILL OR ON ALL THINGS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE? THE SPEAKER
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| 04:14:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PRO TEMPORE: FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS BILL HAVE BEEN
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| 04:14:57 |
MR. LINDER, -
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| 04:15:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
POSTPONED. MR. CONYERS: REGULAR ORDER, MADAM
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| 04:15:05 |
MR. SOUDER, -
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| 04:15:07 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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| 04:15:10 |
MR. SOUDER, -
SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO. MR. BOEHNER: MADAM SPEAKER, THERE'S A MOTION TO
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| 04:15:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RECOMMIT THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION ON THE FLOOR AT THIS POINT. WOULDN'T IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR
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| 04:15:23 |
MR. CONYERS, -
THE HOUSE TO CONTINUE TO FINISH THE WORK ON THIS
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| 04:15:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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| 04:15:33 |
Boehner, John A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
MOTION BEFORE LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS POSTPONED? BECAUSE THERE IS IN FACT A PENDING QUESTION BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CHAIR IS...
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| 04:16:03 |
Boehner, John A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
OHIO. MR. BOEHNER: MADAM SPEAKER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS FOR A MOTION TO RECOMMIT. THE MOTION IN FACT HAS BEEN DEBATED. AND...
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| 04:16:20 |
MR. BOEHNER, -
NOT SEEM TO BE COVERED UNDER THE RULE AS I
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| 04:16:22 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNDERSTAND
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| 04:16:24 |
Boehner, John A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
IT. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: SECTION 2 PROVIDES FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS TO BE POSTPONED. MR. CONYERS: REGULAR ORDER, MADAM SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER...
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| 04:16:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE RULE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT. MR. WAXMAN: THAT HAS BEEN DONE
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| 04:16:52 |
MR. CONYERS, -
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE
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| 04:16:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THIS IS PROVIDED BY SECTION 2 OF THE RULE WHICH I HAVE JUST
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| 04:16:59 |
Waxman, Henry - U.S. Representative, [D] California
STATED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA. MR. PRICE: SECTION 2 OF THE RULE STATES THAT THE CHAIR MAY POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL TO A TIME...
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| 04:17:09 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TIME WOULD THAT
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| 04:17:11 |
MR. WAXMAN, -
BE? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: IT'S WITHIN THE
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| 04:17:14 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR. MR. PRICE: FURTHER INQUIRY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA. MR. PRICE: AT WHAT -- CAN THE CHAIR ENLIGHTEN...
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| 04:17:23 |
Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
CHAIR MIGHT RULE AS TO WHAT TIME WE WOULD BE VOTING ON THIS? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: A DECISION WILL BE FORTHCOMING, THE GENTLEMAN SHOULD CHECK WITH...
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| 04:17:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FURTHER INQUIRY. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA MENTIONED THIS WAS NO DIFFERENT
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| 04:17:36 |
MR. PRICE, -
THAN ANY OTHER RULE. ISN'T IT
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| 04:17:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TRUE THAT
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| 04:17:40 |
Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
THIS SECTION 2 UNDER THE RULE IS A NEW AND UNIQUE SECTION THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS
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| 04:17:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RULE? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: IT IS A NEW FORM IN THIS RULE. MR. PRICE: I THANK THE
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| 04:17:53 |
Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SPEAKER. MR. CONYERS: MADAM SPEAKER -- >> PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRERY. MR. MCHENRY: UNDER THE OPERATION RULE OF THE HOUSE TODAY, IT SAYS THE RULE SPECIFIES...
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| 04:18:09 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ORDERED ON THIS LEGISLATION. THEREFORE THE PERTINENT RULE THE SPEAKER
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| 04:18:14 |
MR. PRICE, -
IS SPECIFYING IS NOT OPERATIONAL UNDER THIS RULE. IS THAT NOT
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| 04:18:18 |
MR. CONYERS, -
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| 04:18:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CORRECT? THE SPEAKER PRO
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| 04:18:21 |
McHenry, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS NOT CORRECT. MR. MCHENRY: MADAM SPEAKER, WILL YOU GIVE A FURTHER ADDITIONAL PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, WHY AM I INCORRECT? THE SPEAKER...
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| 04:18:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AGAIN. SECTION 2, DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1433, PURSUANT TO THIS
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| 04:18:47 |
MR. MCHENRY, -
RESOLUTION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OPERATION OF THE PREVIOUS, THE CHAIR MAY POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL TO A TIME DESIGNATED BY THE
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| 04:18:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER. THE CHAIR HAS POSTPONED CONSIDERATION. MR. CONYERS: MADAM SPEAKER, I CALL FOR REGULAR ORDER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS
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| 04:19:21 |
MR. CONYERS, -
CORRECT.
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| 04:19:26 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK. MRS. SLAUGHTER: BY DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES I CALL UP HOUSE RESOLUTION 261 AND ASK...
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| 04:27:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
H.R. 1591.
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| 04:28:02 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ALL
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| 04:28:10 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ARE WAIVED EXCEPT THOSE ARISING UNDER CLAUSE 9 OR 10 OF RULE 21. THE AMENDMENT PRINTED IN THE REPORT...
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| 04:29:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ORDERED. THE GENTLEWOMAN MAY PROCEED. MRS. SLAUGHTER: THANK YOU, MR.
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| 04:29:39 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SPEAKER. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 261. THE SPEAKER PRO...
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| 04:29:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL THE U.S. TROOPS
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| 04:29:58 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
READINESS HEALTH IN IRAQ ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. THE RULE PROVIDES FOR FOUR HOURS OF DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
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| 04:30:07 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
EQUALLY CONTROLLED -- >> MR. SPEAKER, THE HOUSE IS NOT
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| 04:30:12 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
IN ORDER. PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS TO THE BACK ROOM. WILL THE MEMBERS AT THE REAR OF THE HOUSE PLEASE TAKE THEIR CONVERSATIONS
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| 04:30:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OUTSIDE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN MAY PROCEED. MS. SLAUGHTER: THE RULE PROVIDES FOR FOUR HOURS OF DEBATE EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED...
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| 04:31:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED. THE RULE WAIVES
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| 04:31:06 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
ALL POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE BILL AS AMENDED AND PROVIDES THAT THE BILL AS AMENDED SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS READ AND FINALLY THE RULE PROVIDES ONE...
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| 04:37:18 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
LEGISLATION WILL ALSO PROVIDE DESPERATELY NEEDED FUNDS FOR VETERANS HEALTH CARE. OUR COUNTRY IS SEEING MORE WOUNDED SOLD YERS RETURNING FROM ABROAD...
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| 04:37:29 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
YEARS AND YET OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FAILED THOUSANDS OF THEM. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND LONG PAST TIME THAT STATE OF AFFAIRS WAS RADICALLY CHANGED....
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| 04:39:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN STRONGEST OPPOSITION TO THIS RULE AND THE LEGISLATION. I COULD START
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| 04:39:17 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
BY QUOTING MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES ON THE RULES COMMITTEE WHEN THEY DECRIED REPUBLICAN TACTICS, HOW THEY RAILED AGAINST CLOSED RULES, CHIDED ME PERSONALLY,...
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| 04:39:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CAN HANDLE IT, BUT CHIDED
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| 04:39:31 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
ME FOR DENYING AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. I COULD QUOTE EVERY INSTANCE THEY PROMISED TO DO BETTER, HAVE THE MOST OPEN AND FAIR...
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| 04:48:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
POLITICALLY POPULAR. I WAS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE
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| 04:48:47 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
OUT OF IRAQ CAUCUS. AS FAR BACK AS
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| 04:48:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
2005 I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO END FUNDING FOR THE WAR WHICH I BELIEVE
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| 04:48:54 |
McGovern, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORST POLITICAL, MILITARY, DIPLOMATIC, AND MORAL BLUNDERS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. MY BILL CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE SAFE AND ORDERLY...
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| 04:52:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO THIS CLOSED RULE AND THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. MR. SPEAKER,
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| 04:52:54 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
SINCE THE WAR ON TERROR BEGAN, THE RULES COMMITTEE HAS GRANTED AN OPEN RULE FOR EVERY WARTIME SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BILL BROUGHT TO THE
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| 04:53:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FLOOR. THUS GIVING EVERY MEMBER
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| 04:53:04 |
Hastings, Richard "Doc" - U.S. Representative, [R] Washington
AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AMENDMENT AND HAVE A SAY ON THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL BILLS. IN THE RULES COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT WE HEARD PASSIONATE TESTIMONY FROM SEVERAL...
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| 04:56:06 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THEIR LIVES IN THIS
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| 04:56:09 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
WAR. MR. SPEAKER, WHEN I VOTED
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| 04:56:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AGAINST USING TROOPS IN IRAQ MORE THAN FOUR
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| 04:56:16 |
Hastings, Alcee L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
YEARS AGO, I BELIEVED THEN AND STILL BELIEVE TODAY THAT THIS WAS NOT A WAR OF NECESSITY. BUT RATHER FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION A WAR OF CHOICE AND...
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| 04:59:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RULE AND THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION
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| 04:59:37 |
MR. HASTINGS, -
THAT IT HAS
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| 04:59:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BROUGHT -- THAT IT IS
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| 04:59:40 |
MR. DREIER, -
BRINGING TO THE FLOOR. FOR OBVIOUSLY SUBSTANTIVE GROUNDS,
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| 04:59:46 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
I OPPOSE THE
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| 04:59:48 |
Diaz-Balart, L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
LEGISLATION BEING BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR. I THINK THAT WE ARE AT A DECISIVE, MORE EVEN A CRITICAL TIME, A DECISIVE TIME IN THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ. AND...
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| 05:02:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
STEP TO
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| 05:02:03 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
CHANGING IRAQ POLICY AND BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME. THE BILL MADE IN ORDER UNDER THIS BILL IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IT DESERVES OUR STRONG
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| 05:02:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SUPPORT BECAUSE IT OFFERS US OUR BEST CHANCE OF FORCING A CHANGE
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| 05:02:16 |
Matsui, Doris O. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
OF DIRECTION IN IRAQ AFTER FOUR LONG YEARS OF MISMANAGEMENT. MR. SPEAKER, I OPPOSE THIS WAR FROM THE BEGINNING, AND I BELIEVE WE MUST BRING OUR TROOPS...
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| 05:04:45 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PUT AN EXTRA $25 BILLION ON THE NATIONAL DEBT? HAVE WE
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| 05:04:50 |
MR. DREIER, -
GIVEN THAT NOTICE YET FOR THE OFFICES TO BEGIN DOING THAT? WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR
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| 05:04:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THIS $25
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| 05:04:58 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
BILLION EXTRA THAT I THINK IS WAY TOO MUCH IN THE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL. MR. SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN, THE DEMOCRATS ARE REFUSING TO OPERATE UNDER THE RULES...
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| 05:07:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CONCRETE RESULTS FROM THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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| 05:07:17 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
OUR TROOPS ARE LAYING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
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| 05:07:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE LEAST WE CAN DO
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| 05:07:22 |
Cardoza, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] California
IS DEMAND AND REQUIRE IRAQI ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS BILL EMBRACES THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND SETS THE STAGE OF HANDING OVER CONTROL TO IRAQ TO THE IRAQIS....
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| 05:09:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DISAPPOINTED THAT THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
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| 05:09:41 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
HAS MANDATED THAT THIS BILL COME TO THE FLOOR UNDER A CLOSED RULE. I HAVE HEARD THE DEMOCRATS SAY THIS IS NOT A PERFECT RULE. IT IS PERFECTLY WRONG,...
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| 05:09:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WHAT IT IS. WHAT IS A CLOSED
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| 05:09:52 |
Tiahrt, Todd - U.S. Representative, [R] Kansas
RULE MEAN? IT MEANS VOICE ALSO NOT BE HEARD. IT MEANS IDEAS WILL BE SILENCED. A CLOSED RULE MEANS NO AMENDMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO THE BILL, THAT...
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| 05:11:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WE MUST END THIS WAR. THE QUESTION WE FACE
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| 05:11:38 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
IS CLEAR -- WILL CONGRESS RUBBER STAMP A FIFTH YEAR OF A FAILED POLICY, OR
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| 05:11:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WILL CONGRESS FINALLY AFTER
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| 05:11:47 |
Welch, Peter - U.S. Representative, [D] Vermont
FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS OF LOCKED STEP COMPLIANCE WITH AN INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION COMPEL A NEW WAY TO END THE WAR? THE PRESIDENT HAS ARROGANTLY ASSERT...
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| 05:13:59 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OUT HERE ON THE FLOOR CALLING THE PRESIDENT NAMES. .
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| 05:14:07 |
MR. DREIER, -
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| 05:14:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PIFMENT THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. THE MATTER HAS
|
| 05:14:11 |
LaHood, Ray - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois
BEEN RESOLVED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, MAY I INQUIRE HOW MUCH TIME IS REMAINING ON EACH SIDE? THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:...
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| 05:14:36 |
MR. DREIER, -
GINGREY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. GINGREY:
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| 05:14:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
I RISE NOT ONLY IN STRONG OPPOSITION BUT ALSO IN THE UNDERLYING BILL WHICH ENCOACHES ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF CONSTITUTIONAL POWER AND DREADFULLY,...
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| 05:14:55 |
MR. DREIER, -
PREVENTS EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS BODY,
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| 05:14:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, FROM OFFERING AN
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| 05:15:01 |
Gingrey, Phil MD - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
AMENDMENT TO AN EMERGENCY WARTIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, A HIGHLY UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. MR. SPEAKER, I RECOGNIZE THE...
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| 05:17:16 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
THE POLITICIANS AT BOTH ENDS OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. NEVERTHELESS, OUR GOVERNMENT IS AT A CROSS ROADS. ON THE ONE HAND,
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| 05:17:24 |
Castor, Katherine "Kathy" Anne - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
SOME WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENDORSE THE BUSH-CHENEY WAR WITHOUT END, A WAR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SOUGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE BLINDED BY THE PROS PETS OF...
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| 05:19:36 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
THE GENTLEMAN. THIS BILL TAKES THE CAKE AND LET ME TELL YOU
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| 05:19:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHY. FOR ALL THE TALK FOR FISCAL
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| 05:19:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DISCIPLINE WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE NEW MAJORITY, THIS BILL REPRESENTS
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| 05:19:46 |
MR. DREIER, -
AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF THE BUDGET RULES THAT THE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY SET FOR ITSELF JUST RECENTLY. LAST YEAR IN THE 109TH CONGRESS, WE DECIDED TO...
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| 05:19:57 |
Ryan, Paul - U.S. Representative, [R] Wisconsin
IN PLACE A NEW TOOL OF FISCAL DISCIPLINE, ONE THAT SAID, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, IT SHOULD BE AN EMERGENCY, BUT DON'T PUT PORK AND UNRELATED PROGRAMS...
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| 05:23:04 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS POORLY PLANNED AND ILL CONCEIVED WAR.
|
| 05:23:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO SAY SOME OF MY REPUBLICANS HAVE THE PASSAGE
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| 05:23:13 |
Arcuri, Michael - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
OF THIS LEGISLATION WOULD SOMEHOW EMBOLDEN OUR ENEMIES OR SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO OUR ALLIES IS JUST A BLATANT DISTORTION OF THE TRUTH. THE U.S. TROOP...
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| 05:25:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE
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| 05:25:22 |
MR. ARCURI, -
NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM
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| 05:25:24 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, TWO
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| 05:25:26 |
MR. DREIER, -
MINUTES. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
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| 05:25:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MINUTES. MR. SHAYS: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING HIS TIME. THIS CLOSED RULE ONLY ALLOWS AN UP OR DOWN VOTE ON THE DEMOCRAT'S
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| 05:25:39 |
MR. DREIER, -
PROPOSAL ON NEEDED MILITARY SPENDING BUT REQUIRES A TIME LINE FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS AND REQUIRES BLOATED SPENDING FOR NONE MILITARY
|
| 05:25:51 |
Shays, Christopher - U.S. Representative, [R] Connecticut
EXPENDITURES. WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR IRAQ AND THE IRAQI PEOPLE. THIS BILL DOES NOT GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO EITHER. I OFFERED THREE...
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| 05:27:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CALIFORNIA. MS. SLAUGHTER: I HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. MR. DREIER: THAT'S
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| 05:27:48 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
WHAT WE HAVE, MR. SPEAKER. I'M HAPPY TO YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE DISTINGUISHED THE GENTLEMAN FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, DR.
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| 05:27:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BOUSTANY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. BOWS BOWS I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE RULE AND TO THE UNDERLYING BILL...
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| 05:28:05 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
YOU IT GIVES ME NO SATISFACTION TO VOTE
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| 05:28:08 |
MR. DREIER, -
AGAINST THE BILL THAT HAS SO MANY THINGS IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE IN TERMS OF GULF COAST RECOVERY AND THE RELIEF EFFORT AFTER THESE HURRICANES. BUT I...
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| 05:28:19 |
Boustany, Charles W. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Louisiana
IS GOING TO DO UNSPEAKABLE HARM TO OUR TROOPS IN THE FIELD AND TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. I WANT TO POINT OUT THE FISCAL FANTASY OF THIS BILL. ONE ITEM,...
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| 05:29:19 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IRAQ. THIS IS THE
|
| 05:29:25 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
FIRST ENFORCEABLE CHALLENGE TO THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO ESCALATE AND CONTINUE A STAY THE
|
| 05:29:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
COURSE, OPEN-ENDED WAR, A WAR THAT WAS LAUNCHED WITH MASSIVE
|
| 05:29:36 |
DeFazio, Peter A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon
DECEPTION AND UNNECESSARY WAR. ONE GENTLEMAN QUESTIONED CONGRESS' POWER. CONGRESS' POWER UNDER ARTICLE , SECTION 8, IS -- 1, SECTION 1, IS VERY BROAD....
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| 05:31:53 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
|
| 05:31:55 |
MR. DREIER, -
MR. LUNGREN: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. MR. SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN ON THIS FLOOR WE'VE HEARD AN ARGUMENT STATED MUCH LIKE IT WAS
|
| 05:32:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
STATED IN THE ARGUMENT ON THE BILL IMMEDIATELY
|
| 05:32:04 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
PRECEDING. HERE WE ARE DEALING WITH A RULE ON A SPENDING BILL, AND WE'RE TOLD BY A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT THEY WOULD...
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| 05:32:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DO THE CONSTITUTIONAL THING.
|
| 05:32:15 |
Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
THAT IS THAT WE EXERCISE THE POWER OF THE PURSE AND THE WAY WE ARE ALLOWED TO THAT IS TO CUT OFF FUNDING FOR OUR TROOPS TO IMMEDIATELY GET THEM HOME....
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| 05:34:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TOO LATE. WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WE HAD THE WRONG INTELLIGENCE, THE
|
| 05:34:25 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
WRONG COUNTRY AND THE WRONG WAR. THIS ADMINISTRATION
|
| 05:34:27 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IS NOW BORROWING $10 BILLION A MONTH
|
| 05:34:29 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
WITH THE HELP OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE. IF THEY'RE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, $10 BILLION SHOULD
|
| 05:34:37 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CATCH THEIR ATTENTION.
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| 05:34:39 |
Shea-Porter, Carol - U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire
WE BORROW THE MONEY. LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR TROOPS AND SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS. IF WE WERE TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, WE WOULD TAKE THEM OUT OF A CIVIL WAR....
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| 05:35:46 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PROMISE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
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| 05:35:48 |
MR. DREIER, -
IN THIS BILL ARE SPENDING $31.5 BILLION MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT REQUESTED. THEY'RE BUSTING THE BUDGET
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| 05:35:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ALREADY, BUT THEY
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| 05:35:57 |
Burton, Danny "Dan" Lee - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
PROMISED AMERICA FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. SO, AMERICA, REMEMBER THAT. REMEMBER THAT. THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND THEY'RE NOT GOING...
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| 05:37:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
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| 05:37:04 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
MR. MCHENRY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR YIELDING. THIS IS AN IRAQ WAR
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| 05:37:09 |
MR. DREIER, -
AND AFGHANISTAN WAR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL TO FUND THE TROOPS IN HARM'S WAY. NOW LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THE MAJORITY HAS PUT TOGETHER A BILL THAT WILL...
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| 05:37:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND AFGHANISTAN BY
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| 05:37:24 |
McHenry, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
FUNDING $283 BILLION OF PORK BARREL SPENDING FOR A DOMESTIC MILK PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY BELIEVE THE KEY TO VICTORY IN IRAQ IS SETTING ASIDE...
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| 05:38:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF THE ROAD, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO PASS H.R.
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| 05:38:40 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
1591. THIS IS NOT THE AVERAGE
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| 05:38:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPENDING BILL TAKEN UP BY THE CONGRESS.
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| 05:38:46 |
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
THIS LEGISLATION REPRESENTS A VERY PERSONAL DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE BY EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BODY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION. THE...
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| 05:40:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DREIER: MR. SPEAKER, IN 1859, THAT GREAT
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| 05:41:02 |
MR. DREIER, -
PHILOSOPHER AND RELIGIOUS LEADER, JOHN STEWART SAID, WAR IS AN UGLY THING BUT NOT THE UGLIEST THING. THE MORAL AND
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| 05:41:12 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
PATRIOTIC FEELING WHICH THINKS NOTHING WORTH A WAR IS WORSE. WE HAVE
|
| 05:41:16 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
YET TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE
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| 05:41:18 |
Dreier, David - U.S. Representative, [R] California
ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR. WE HAVEN'T HEARD, AS MY FRIEND MR. LUNGREN SAID TO ME, THE V WORD. HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE VICTORIOUS...
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| 05:42:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PREVIOUS QUESTION. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION,
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| 05:42:33 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS ORDERED. THE QUESTION IS ON ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED,
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| 05:42:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
NO. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO. MR. DREIER: MR. SPEAKER,
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| 05:42:45 |
MS. SLAUGHTER, -
I OBTOBT AND POINT OF ORDER POINT OF ORDER. THE
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| 05:42:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT. UNDER THE RULE THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED. MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. PURSUANT...
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| 05:43:05 |
MR. DREIER, -
SUSPENDING THE RULES AND PASSING H.R. 545 AND AGREEING TO
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| 05:43:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER'S JOURNAL, IF ORDERED. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE...
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| 06:26:17 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. OBEY: MR. SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND,
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| 06:26:25 |
MR. OBEY, -
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| 06:26:28 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PLEASE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN RISE? MR. OBEY: PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 261, I CALL UP
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| 06:26:38 |
MR. OBEY, -
THE
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| 06:26:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BILL 1591 MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND ASK FOR ITS IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION....
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| 06:26:55 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT...
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| 06:27:10 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ADOPTED AND THE BILL IS AMENDED AND
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| 06:27:14 |
THE CLERK, -
CONSIDERED READ, MR. OBEY AND MR. LEWIS WILL CONTROL EACH TWO HOURS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
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| 06:27:23 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN. MR. OBEY: MR. SPEAKER, COULD WE HAVE ORDER, PLEASE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: YES, YOU MAY. GENTLEMAN WILL NOT PROCEED UNTIL...
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| 06:27:48 |
MR. OBEY, -
TAKE THEIR CONVERSATION OFF THE
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| 06:27:52 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FLOOR. THANK YOU. THE GENTLEMAN MAY PROCEED. MR. OBEY: MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF 10 MINUTES. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: GENTLEMAN MAY PROCEED. MR. OBEY:...
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| 06:28:21 |
MR. OBEY, -
THAT ACTION ON THE BASIS OF BAD INFORMATION,
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| 06:28:26 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MANIPULATED INTELLIGENCE, WITH NO
|
| 06:28:28 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
VISIBLE PLANS FOR GOVERNING AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER. COULD I HAVE ORDER, PLEASE, MR. SPEAKER. . THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS MATTER...
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| 06:40:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THANK YOU. THE GENTLEMAN MAY PROCEED. MR. LEWIS: MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT I HAVE THE HIGHEST...
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| 06:40:10 |
Lewis, Jerry - U.S. Representative, [R] California
RESPECT FOR MY CHAIRMAN, MR. OBEY. TODAY WE WORKED AS PARTNERS -- TOGETHER WE WORKED AS PARTNERS IN THE 109TH CONGRESS PASSING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS...
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| 06:40:25 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
INDEED, THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IS AT ITS BEST WHEN EACH
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| 06:40:28 |
MR. LEWIS, -
OF US WORKS TOGETHER ACROSS PARTYLINES AND RISES ABOVE PURELY PARTISAN POLITICS. DURING THE LAST CONGRESS, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF...
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| 06:50:17 |
MR. OBEY, -
MILLION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCREASING BY
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| 06:50:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
1.4 BILLION. COMMITTEE ADDS $1.4 BILLION TO COVER THE COST
|
| 06:50:26 |
MR. MURTHA, -
OF HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR MILITARY MEMBERS OF FISCALIER 2007. $2.3 BILLION TO COVER THE COST OF FIELDING AN ADDITIONAL 36,000 ARMY TROOPS. IF EVERYBODY...
|
| 07:00:36 |
MR. OBEY, -
TROOPS DEPLOYED TO
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| 07:00:39 |
Murtha, John P. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
IRAQ INDIVIDUALLY. I HEARD -- I HEARD ELIZABETH EDWARDS THE OTHER DAY TALK ABOUT BREAST CANCER BEFORE SHE KNEW IT HAD COME BACK. AND SHE SAID TO ME,...
|
| 07:02:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CASE STUDY OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
|
| 07:02:03 |
MR. LEWIS, -
ONE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO DO THE JOB ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER. IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT THIS WILL BE
|
| 07:02:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
KNOWN FOR, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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| 07:02:14 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW CONGRESS TO MICROMANAGE A WAR, OR A CRUDE POLITICAL COMPROMISE DESIGNED TO WIN VOTES? ONE THING, THOUGH, IS PERFECT...
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| 07:07:03 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MOST DIFFICULT
|
| 07:07:04 |
MR. OBEY, -
DECISION I'VE MADE IN MY 33-YEAR POLITICAL CAREER. BUT I DID IT BECAUSE AND I DO IT BECAUSE I WANT THIS WAR TO END. I DID NOT SUPPORT THIS WAR. I...
|
| 07:07:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IT. I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE WERE LIED TO, THAT WE WERE GIVEN AT
|
| 07:07:19 |
Serrano, Jose - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE MINIMUM BAD INFORMATION BURKS I BELIEVE WE WERE LIED TO. THE LINK TO AL QAEDA, THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WE'VE BEEN OVER THAT. IT CAN'T...
|
| 07:09:45 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND
|
| 07:09:47 |
MR. LEWIS, -
TROOPS ON THE GROUND AND ELSEWHERE. THE PRESIDENT WANTED MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT
|
| 07:09:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AGAINST TERRORISM.
|
| 07:09:57 |
Wolf, Frank R. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL OFFERS, I THINK, A WAY OF NOT DOING THAT IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY. IT IS BLOATED WITH $124.3 BILLION SPENDING, $21 BILLION OVER...
|
| 07:13:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WHEN PRESIDENT WAS ASKED HOW LONG WILL THIS WAR
|
| 07:13:16 |
MR. OBEY, -
LAST HE SAID, WE WILL BE IN IRAQ AS LONG AS THE IRAQI PEOPLE WANT US
|
| 07:13:22 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THERE. WELL, THIS BILL
|
| 07:13:24 |
Moran, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
SAYS THAT WE WILL BE IN IRAQ AS LONG AS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT US THERE, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE REALIZED THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS A WAR THAT IS...
|
| 07:14:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RESPECTFUL
|
| 07:14:50 |
MR. LEWIS, -
RESPONSE. I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU ANY SACRIFICE ANY AMERICAN HAS MADE IN
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| 07:14:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IRAQ IS A WORTHY
|
| 07:14:59 |
Walsh, James T. - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
SACRIFICE. MR. SPEAKER, HERE WE GO AGAIN. THUS FAR IN THE 110TH CONGRESS THE HOUSE HAS CONSIDERED TWO PIECE OF APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION. THUS FAR,...
|
| 07:17:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
END THE WAR IN IRAQ AND WE DEPLOY OUR TROOPS TO WHERE THEY ARE TRULY NEEDED AND THAT IS TO FIGHT THE
|
| 07:17:41 |
Kennedy, Patrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island
REAL WAR ON TERROR. WHERE THE TERRORISTS STARTED TO BOMB OUR COUNTRY AND PLANNED TO BOMB US IN 9/11 AND THAT IS IN THE MOUNTAINS IN AFGHANISTAN. WHY...
|
| 07:18:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE I WANTED TO
|
| 07:18:57 |
MR. LEWIS, -
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A BILL THAT WOULD PROVIDE OUR SOLD YERS WITH THE FUNDING THEY -- OUR SOLD YERS WITH
|
| 07:19:04 |
Knollenberg, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
THE FUNDING THEY NEED TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION IN IRAQ. I TIES THE HANDS OF THE MILITARY LEADERS. IT ADDS NONEMERGENCY SPENDING, LOTS OF SPENDING,...
|
| 07:22:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
YOU, MR. OBEY, FOR YIELDING. I HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS WAR SINCE DAY ONE. I WANT THIS WAR TO END NOW AND I WANT TO BRING OUR TROOPS HOME
|
| 07:22:40 |
MR. OBEY, -
IMMEDIATELY. I MOURN THE LOSS OF 3,228 AMERICANS DEAD AND COUNTLESS IRAQI
|
| 07:22:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CIVILIANS AND EXTEND MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES
|
| 07:22:50 |
Farr, Sam - U.S. Representative, [D] California
TO THE FAMILIES. I REPEAT. I WANT THIS WAR TO END AND BRING HOME THE TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME NOW. WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT THIS BILL BEFORE US...
|
| 07:24:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO THE NOTION IT WAS SYMBOLIC BECAUSE
|
| 07:24:04 |
MR. LEWIS, -
I BELIEVE ANY OFFICIAL ACT OF THIS BODY HAS CONSEQUENCES. WHEN MEMBERS SPEAK THE
|
| 07:24:10 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WORLD LISTENS, FRIENDS AND ENEMIES ALIKE. TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER
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| 07:24:14 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
THAT VOTE I TRAVELED AGAIN TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN TO OBSERVE CONDITIONS IN THESE TWO FRONTS ON THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND MEET AGAIN WITH OUR SOLDIERS....
|
| 07:27:24 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RESPONSIBLE END. SPEAKER PELOSI, CHAIRMAN OBEY, OUR WHIP
|
| 07:27:29 |
MR. OBEY, -
MR. CLYBURN, CHAIRMAN MURTHA DO DESERVE CREDIT FOR RECOGNIZING THIS AND FOR DOING
|
| 07:27:34 |
Lee, Barbara - U.S. Representative, [D] California
SOMETHING THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS REFUSED TO DO OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. NAMELY THAT IS TO CONFRONT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION OVER THEIR FAILED POLICY...
|
| 07:28:52 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
INSTEAD WE HAVE A PROPOSAL
|
| 07:28:55 |
MR. LEWIS, -
TODAY THAT MICROMANAGES THE WAR FROM CAPITOL HILL WITH ILL-ADVISED TIMELINES
|
| 07:29:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FOR WITHDRAWAL
|
| 07:29:03 |
Wicker, Roger - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
THAT JEOPARDIZES OUR CHANCES FOR SUCCESS. THIS PLAN IS AN UNRULY MESS, BAD PUBLIC POLICY, BAD PRECEDENT AND BAD POLITICS. THOSE ARE NOT MY WORDS. THEY...
|
| 07:32:09 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OUR TROOPS WITHOUT JAMMERS. I FIND OUR TROOPS
|
| 07:32:12 |
MR. OBEY, -
NOW, BECAUSE OF THE POLICY, HAVING TO GO BACK TO IRAQ BEFORE THEY HAVE A YEAR AT
|
| 07:32:17 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HOME. I FIND OUR TROOPS NOW
|
| 07:32:19 |
Murtha, John P. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
BECAUSE OF THE POLICY OF THIS WHITE HOUSE HAVING TO EXTEND TROOPS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE 13 MONTHS. AND I FIND OUR TROOPS HAVING TO GO INTO COMBAT UNTRAINED...
|
| 07:33:17 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ONLY FOUR
|
| 07:33:21 |
MR. LEWIS, -
HOURS. WE COULD HAVE HAD THE TIME DEBATING TONIGHT. INSTEAD WE'RE WAITING UNTIL TOMORROW. OUR SOLDIERS ARE IN NEED OF OUR SUPPORT AND
|
| 07:33:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THEY HAVE SACRIFICED GREATLY AND GIVEN THEIR
|
| 07:33:32 |
MR. TIAHRT, -
SUPPORT TO US. AND THEY'VE KEPT US SAFE. WE'VE BEEN SAFE SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. BUT INSTEAD OF PROVIDING WHAT THE TROOPS NEED IN THIS BILL, IT PROVIDES...
|
| 07:36:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MISSION CAPABLE.
|
| 07:36:42 |
MR. TIAHRT, -
THE TITLE 9 LANGUAGE MUST BE STRUCK FROM THE
|
| 07:36:45 |
MR. LEWIS, -
BILL, MUST BE STRUCK FROM THE BILL, BECAUSE IT'S VERY
|
| 07:36:48 |
Tiahrt, Todd - U.S. Representative, [R] Kansas
CLEAR THAT IF WE CAN'T GET ANY REINFORCEMENTS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, WE CAN'T GET ANY REPLACEMENTS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, THEN OUR TROOPS WILL BE STUCK IN...
|
| 07:37:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CHAIRMAN MURTY, YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER A VERY SOLID PIECE OF
|
| 07:37:24 |
MR. OBEY, -
LEGISLATION. THIS BILL PUTS US ON A PATH TO END THIS WAR. THIS LEGISLATION HOLDS
|
| 07:37:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY , AND IT HOLDS PRESIDENT
|
| 07:37:33 |
MR. UE DAWLEY, -
BUSH ACCOUNTABLE. LET'S NOT FORGET THIS IS AN
|
| 07:37:37 |
Udall, Tom - U.S. Representative, [D] New Mexico
IRAQI GOVERNMENT THAT REFUSES TO PURSUE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION. THIS BILL TAKES PRESIDENT BUSH'S BENCHMARKS AND PUTS THEM INTO LAW. THIS IS A BILL...
|
| 07:38:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
LOT OF GOOD, SINCERE DEBATES IN THE DEFENSE
|
| 07:38:42 |
Lewis, Jerry - U.S. Representative, [R] California
COMMITTEE OF SOME -- SUBCOMMITTEE OF APPROPRIATIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN OUR HONEST
|
| 07:38:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THAT WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT MUCH IS THE EFFECTS THAT THE
|
| 07:38:54 |
Kingston, Jack - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SURGE ALREADY HAS. I WANT TO BRING UP SOME STATISTICS. THE FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE SURGE, WHICH BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 15, WE HAD 1,440 CIVILIAN DEATHS....
|
| 07:41:46 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
A DEADLINE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING
|
| 07:41:48 |
MR. OBEY, -
TWO PATRIOTIC
|
| 07:41:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SERVICES THAT THE REPUBLICANS FAILED TO OFFER
|
| 07:41:51 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
IN THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST IS POLICY DISCIPLINE. THE OTHER USEFUL FUNCTION SPEAKER PELOSI AND HER COLLEAGUES ARE REMEMBER FORMING -- PERFORMING...
|
| 07:43:05 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RANKING MEMBER FOR OVER 12 IN THIS HOUSE AND FOR OVER 10 YEARS ON THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, I'VE WORKED HARD TO TRY TO
|
| 07:43:11 |
MR. LEWIS, -
BE FAIR, BIPARTISAN, COOPERATIVE. I HAVE TO
|
| 07:43:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SAY, THOUGH, HERE TODAY THAT CAMPAIGN RHETORIC
|
| 07:43:17 |
MR. LEWIS, -
IS ONE THING, BUT WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD ON THIS HUGE IMPORTANT
|
| 07:43:22 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BILL TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A
|
| 07:43:24 |
Wamp, Zachary "Zach" - U.S. Representative, [R] Tennessee
PROCESS IN THIS KIND OF A BILL IS NOT RIGHT. TO HAVE OVER $21 BILLION OF EXTRANEOUS SPENDING ADDED TO THIS BILL UNDER A CLOSED RULE, WHICH IS NOT...
|
| 07:45:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO FINALLY CHANGE COURSE IN
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| 07:45:32 |
MR. WAMP, -
IRAQ. THIS WEEK AS WE ENTER THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE IRAQ
|
| 07:45:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WAR MORE THAN 3,200 AMERICAN
|
| 07:45:39 |
MR. OBEY, -
LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST, TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE ARE WOUNDED
|
| 07:45:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND SECTARIAN VIOLENCE THREATENS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE
|
| 07:45:47 |
DeLauro, Rosa - U.S. Representative, [D] Connecticut
ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST WITH NO PROSPECT FOR A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ IN SIGHT. WE MUST JUDGE THIS WAR NOT FOR WHAT WE WISH IT WERE, BUT...
|
| 07:47:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE BILL IS A BONANZA FOR
|
| 07:48:00 |
MR. LEWIS, -
MANY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. YOU WANT AN INKRIS IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, IT IS DONE. AGRICULTURAL DISASTER RELIEF THAT OCCURRED TWO
|
| 07:48:09 |
MR. LAHOOD, -
YEARS AGO, IT GETS DONE, BILLIONS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY INITIATIVES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS PASS THIS BILL AND IT IS DONE. I SUPPORT...
|
| 07:50:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
EQUIPMENT. I'VE GOT A CHART HERE WITH THE ARMY NATIONAL
|
| 07:50:53 |
MR. OBEY, -
GUARD. EVERY SINGLE NATIONAL GUARD UNIT IN THIS
|
| 07:50:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
NATION, ALL 50
|
| 07:50:59 |
Murtha, John P. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
STATES, DOESN'T HAVE THE HUMVEES THEY NEED. EVERY STATE DON'T HAVE THE SEVEN-TON TRUCKS THEY NEED. EVERY STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED...
|
| 07:51:50 |
MR. LEWIS, -
UPARMORED HUMVEES. LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MANY HUMVEES WE HAD AT THE END
|
| 07:51:55 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. UPARMORED
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| 07:51:59 |
Hunter, Duncan Lee - U.S. Representative, [R] California
HUMVEES. ZERO. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD TO TRAIN ON, FOR THE ARMY TO TRAIN ON, FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD TO DEPLOY OR THE ARMY TO DEPLOY....
|
| 07:54:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TOMORROW. I YIELD 1
|
| 07:54:53 |
MR. HUNTER, -
1/2 MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA. MR. MURTHA: IN KOSOVO
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| 07:54:59 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
WE NEVER LOST ONE PERSON TO COMBAT IN KOSOVO. LET ME READ THE FIGURES IN 2001, ALL ACTIVE DUTY ARMY DIVISION RATED THE HIGHEST READINESS LEVEL....
|
| 07:55:19 |
Murtha, John P. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
LEVEL. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE COULD NOT DEPLOY OUR GROUND FORCES OVERSEAS FOR ANY THREAT. OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS INCREASED BECAUSE OF THE DEPLETION...
|
| 07:56:02 |
MR. HUNTER, -
BE RATED UNREADY TODAY NOT BECAUSE THEY
|
| 07:56:05 |
MR. MURTHA, -
ARE NOT GOOD
|
| 07:56:06 |
Hunter, Duncan Lee - U.S. Representative, [R] California
WAR FIGHTERS OR CAPABLE, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR FLU SHOT YOU ARE RATED UNREADY. MR. MURTHA: WHEN PRESIDENT...
|
| 07:56:39 |
MR. MURTHA, -
THEM OUT SOMEPLACE ELSE TO THE NATIONAL THREAT. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE TODAY. TODAY WE ARE TRYING TO FIX. TODAY WE PUT MONEY IN THE BILL TO FIX THIS,...
|
| 07:56:53 |
MR. OBEY, -
MR. HUNTER: I
|
| 07:56:55 |
Murtha, John P. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
THANK THE GENTLEMAN. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN WOULD AGREE 28,000 UPARMORED HUMVEES IS BETTER THAN THE 1,300. THE BODY ARMOR, UP WITH MILLION SETS. MR....
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| 07:57:15 |
Hunter, Duncan Lee - U.S. Representative, [R] California
BILL YOUNG AND JERRY LEWIS AND I PUT IT IN. THE ADMINISTRATION IS THE ONE THAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. MR. HUNTER: THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE PUT...
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| 07:57:28 |
Murtha, John P. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
MURTHA: ABSOLUTELY. MR. OBEY: I YIELD MYSELF 30 SECONDS. WE CAN DEBATE YESTERDAY UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME. MR. MURTHA AND I ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT WE DO...
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| 07:57:43 |
MR. HUNTER, -
ISSUE THIS BILL TRIES TO ADDRESS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
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| 07:57:48 |
MR. MURTHA, -
FROM WISCONSIN YIELDS BACK. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. MR.
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| 07:57:51 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
LEWIS: MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO MR. HOEKSTRA, THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE INTEL COMMITTEE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN...
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| 07:58:07 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
A BILL THAT BURDENS OUR TROOPS WITH CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS TIMETABLES WHILE REWARDING
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| 07:58:15 |
MR. LEWIS, -
POLITICIANS WITH HEAPING HELPINGS OF PORK. PROVIDING FULL FUNDING TO OUR TROOPS STANDING IN THE BREACH AND A
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| 07:58:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WAR AGAINST MILITANT RADICAL ISLAMISTS
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| 07:58:24 |
Hoekstra, Peter - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
SHOULD BE EASY AND IT SHOULD COME WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED. . THE BILL BEFORE US TODAY SENDS A TERRIBLE MESSAGE TO OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED...
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| 08:00:25 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE WAR AGAINST SADDAM
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| 08:00:27 |
MR. OBEY, -
HUSSEIN WAS OVER IN A FEW WEEKS, YET FOR OVER THREE YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN A
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| 08:00:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DEADLY CROSSFIRE OF AN IRAQI CIVIL WAR.
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| 08:00:36 |
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon
THIS BILL IS NOT MICROMANAGING THE WAR, IT IS THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP AS CONGRESS REDISCOVERS ITS VOICE AND ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A CO-EQUAL...
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| 08:01:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MEASURE CURRENTLY BEFORE THIS HOUSE.
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| 08:01:33 |
MR. LEWIS, -
I'M DISAPPOINTED AT THE DIFFERENT TASK THIS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HAS TAKEN WITH REGARD TO THE EMERGENCY WAR SUPPLEMENTAL.
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| 08:01:41 |
MR. REYNOLDS, -
CONGRESS, INSTEAD OF ACTING ON A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE TROOPS, HAS
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| 08:01:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
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| 08:01:49 |
Reynolds, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
WITHDRAW OUR TROOPS. THIS BILL BY ATTEMPTING TO MICROMANAGE THE WAR ON TERROR AND IMPLEMENT A CONGRESSIONAL WAR STRATEGY WILL TIE THE HANDS OF THE GENERALS...
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| 08:04:18 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP IN THIS CONGRESS HAS GIVEN THE PRESIDENT A BLANK
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| 08:04:22 |
MR. OBEY, -
CHECK FOR HIS MISGUIDED WAR IN IRAQ. THAT WAR HAS TAKEN THE LIVES OF MORE THAN
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| 08:04:29 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
3,200 OF OUR BRAVE TROOPS, WOUNDED TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE,
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| 08:04:33 |
Capps, Lois - U.S. Representative, [D] California
COUNTLESS IRAQIS HAVE DIED. CONGRESS REFUSED TO FULFILL ITS CONSTITUTIONAL OLINGS FOR OVERSIGHT AND ITS MORAL OBLIGATION TO END THE WAR. TODAY, WE...
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| 08:05:37 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
REPRESENTATIVES, WE ARE DEBATING A
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| 08:05:39 |
Lewis, Jerry - U.S. Representative, [R] California
BILL TO PUT RETREAT AND DEFEAT INTO LAW AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ENGAGED IN
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| 08:05:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
COMBAT. THERE ARE MANY THINGS WHICH AFFECT THE MORALE OF MEN AND
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| 08:05:51 |
Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
WOMEN IN UNIFORM. PUTTING INTO LAW MANDATING THEIR DEFEAT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM. MR. SPEAKER, ON FEBRUARY 10, 2007, GENERAL PETRAEUS ADDRESSED THE...
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| 08:07:44 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ANTENNAS IT FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR AMERICA. TO CHAIRMAN
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| 08:07:48 |
MR. OBEY, -
OBSERVE BEE TO BRINGING THIS BILL TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
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| 08:07:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DIFFICULT VOTES I WILL MAKE BUT THE RIGHT VOTE. I WILL
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| 08:07:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
VOTE YES TO SUPPORT THE SUPPLEMENTAL.
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| 08:08:00 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THIS WAR HAS LASTED
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| 08:08:01 |
Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
LONGER THAN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. 3,200 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ENDURE FROM THIS ILL-ADVISED...
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| 08:09:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN CONGRESS. I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO
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| 08:09:10 |
MR. LEWIS, -
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BILL, BECAUSE SIMPLY PUT, IT IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE
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| 08:09:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND CONSTITUTIONALLY FLAWED. MR. SPEAKER,
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| 08:09:19 |
MR. PENCE, -
EMERGENCY WAR
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| 08:09:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPENDING BILLS SHOULD BE ABOUT
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| 08:09:23 |
Pence, Mike - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
EMERGENCY WAR SPENDING. THIS BILL WITH $124 BILLION IN SPENDING, ONLY INCLUDES $111 BILLION IN SPENDING THAT IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO THE WAR ON TERROR...
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| 08:11:22 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE WAY, TODAY IS DIFFERENT.
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| 08:11:25 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
TODAY, WE HAVE A CONGRESS THAT IS RESPONDING TO WHAT THE PUBLIC ASKED FOR IN THE LAST ELECTION. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS THE NEW WORLD OF CHECKS...
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| 08:12:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WILL CRIPPLE OUR FOREIGN POLICY FOR
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| 08:12:06 |
MR. LEWIS, -
MANY YEARS TO COME AND PLACE OUR TROOPS AND ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS IN GREAT DANGER. IT IS A BILL THAT SEEKS TO
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| 08:12:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ABANDON THE IRAQI PEOPLE THAT SEEKS TO ABANDON OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND ALLIES IN THE
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| 08:12:18 |
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
MIDDLE EAST, LEAVING THEM TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMIC MILITANT JID HADDISTS. IT IS A BILL THAT PROVIDES A ROAD MAP FOR THE INSURGENTS,...
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| 08:14:54 |
Woolsey, Lynn - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ARE ACTUALLY EXPECTING US AND ARE DEMANDING OF US THAT WE, THE CONGRESS, BRING OUR TROOPS HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY DO NOT TRUST THE PRESIDENT...
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| 08:15:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE
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| 08:15:59 |
MR. LEWIS, -
BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST SUCCESSFUL TROOPS IN THE
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| 08:16:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WORLD. THE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION DOES JUST THAT IT COULDN'T BE FURTHER
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| 08:16:07 |
MR. GOODLATTE, -
FROM THE TRUTH. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL IS A PRESCRIPTION FOR DEFEAT
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| 08:16:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN IRAQ BY TYING THE HANDS OF
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| 08:16:13 |
Goodlatte, Robert "Bob" - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
OUR MILITARY LEADERS AND SETTING A DATE CERTAIN FOR WITHDRAWALERING OUR TROOPS. IF WE FAIL IN IRAQ THE RESOURCES FOR NATIONS SPONSORING TERROR THERE...
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| 08:18:09 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER PELOSI FOR PUTTING IT BEFORE US TODAY. I COME HERE TO SPEAK TO
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| 08:18:14 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE. WITH ALL SINCERITY, NO ONE QUESTIONS YOUR PATRIOTISM OR LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND YET WE HEAR YOU
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| 08:18:22 |
Larson, John B. - U.S. Representative, [D] Connecticut
COME DOWN HERE AND BEIT WILL TL PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND CALL DEMOCRATS DEFEATISTS. WHEN IT IS YOU WHO HAVE SURRENDERED YOUR JUDGMENT....
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| 08:20:19 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
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| 08:20:22 |
MR. LEWIS, -
RESERVES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
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| 08:20:27 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. OBEY: I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MS. KAPTUR, A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
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| 08:20:38 |
MR. LEWIS, -
WISCONSIN. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED FOR
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| 08:20:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ONE MINUTE. MS. KAPTUR: HE ALSO WAS FEATURED IN THE SAME ALUMNI MAGAZINE. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS FIRST
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| 08:20:50 |
MR. OBEY, -
COUPT OFFENSIVE TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION -- COUNTEROFFENSIVE TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM THAT YIELDED AN IRAQI CIVIL
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| 08:20:59 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WAR, 3,200 U.S. DEAD, 25,000 INJURIES, THE EVAPORATION OF THE
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| 08:21:05 |
MS. KAPTUR, -
COALITION OF THE WILLING, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD IRAQIS, GROWING TERRORISM, HATRED OF AMERICA ACROSS THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND SHOCK AND DISMAY AMONG AMERICA'S...
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| 08:22:17 |
MR. OBEY, -
DIPLOMATICALLY. MR. LEWIS: I RESERVE
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| 08:22:20 |
Kaptur, Marcia "Marcy" - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN. MR. OBEY: I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA, MR. SCOTT. THE SPEAKER...
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| 08:22:41 |
MR. LEWIS, -
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON
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| 08:22:42 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THIS CONGRESS TO FINALLY STAND UP AND BE CONGRESS. THIS IS ONE OF THE
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| 08:22:46 |
MR. OBEY, -
REASONS WHY WE ARE IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN
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| 08:22:49 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS NOT DONE ITS JOB. ONE
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| 08:22:53 |
Scott, David - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
OF THE MOST STERLING MOMENTS OF THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN IT CAME TO ATTENTION ON THIS FLOOR THAT OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WERE OVER IN IRAQ WITHOUT...
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| 08:24:16 |
MR. OBEY, -
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL GIVES US THAT CONFIDENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. MR....
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| 08:24:25 |
Scott, David - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
A MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA, MR. KING. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. MR. KING: THANK YOU,...
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| 08:24:42 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF AMERICA. BECAUSE
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| 08:24:44 |
MR. LEWIS, -
WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LEVEL UP IN
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| 08:24:48 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OUR DESTINY. THIS CONSTITUTION
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| 08:24:50 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
GIVES THIS CONGRESS THREE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH REGARD TO WAR, ONE IS DECLARE WAR WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE SINCE WORLD WAR II, NEXT IS TO RAISE AN ARMY,...
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| 08:26:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ENDING THE
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| 08:26:03 |
MR. OBEY, -
IRAQ WAR. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF MISMANAGEMENT, MISTAKES AND EXCUSES THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR SUPPORTERS IN CONGRESS CONTINUE TO BE COMFORTABLE
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| 08:26:13 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WITH A STAY THE COURSE
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| 08:26:15 |
McCollum, Betty - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
POLICY. WHILE AMERICAN TROOPS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IRAQ CIVIL WAR. PASSING THIS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION REQUIRES LEADERSHIP. IT WILL BE THE DEMOCRATS...
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| 08:27:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE CONCEPT OF ADDING A SOORS OF SUCCESS CHECKPOINTS AND I -- A SERIES OF SUCCESS
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| 08:27:27 |
MR. LEWIS, -
CHECKPOINTS AND I SUGGESTED IT TO THE PRESIDENT IN A LETTER TWO WEEKS AGO. IT
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| 08:27:32 |
Inglis, Robert "Bob" - U.S. Representative, [R] South Carolina
WORKED BEFORE WITH A CONSTITUTION AND ELECTIONS AND I THINK IT COULD WORK AGAIN. BUT WITHDRAWAL IS THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP'S ONLY SOLUTION IF THE IRAQIS...
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| 08:29:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS ADMINISTRATION ENGAGED IN AN UNNECESSARY AND
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| 08:29:48 |
MR. OBEY, -
ILLEGAL INVASION OF ANOTHER SOVEREIGN
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| 08:29:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
COUNTRY AND THAT HAS NOW BEEN FOLLOWED BY ALMOST FOUR YEARS
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| 08:29:55 |
Hinchey, Maurice - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
OF AN INCREASINGLY DISASTROUS OCCUPATION. ALL DURING THAT TIME THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HELD THE MAJORITY PARTY IN THIS HOUSE AND THEY CONDUCTED NO OVERSIGHT...
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| 08:31:03 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
11 1/2 MINUTES.
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| 08:31:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MR. OBEY: I YIELD TO
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| 08:31:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MS. JACKSON LEE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. MS. JACKSON LEE: I THANK THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN,...
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| 08:31:28 |
MR. OBEY, -
LOST THEIR LIVES.
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| 08:31:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SO MANY OF THEM AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT SO MANY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. I SAID I WOULD TRAVEL WITH THIS BOARD FROM HOUSTON TO WASHINGTON. AND I SAID THAT...
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| 08:31:39 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
WHAT WAS RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR SACRIFICE ONE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR. WE MOURN THEM, THEIR FAMILIES MOURN THEM. THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BECAUSE THE...
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| 08:32:52 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MS. SCHAKOWSKY: SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES CLOSELY WITH THE PEACE MOVEMENT AND A NO-VOTE ON THE WAR ITSELF, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE,
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| 08:33:01 |
MR. LEWIS, -
BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE
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| 08:33:02 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HAVE A DATE CERTAIN FOR THE WAR TO END, A DATE
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| 08:33:06 |
MR. OBEY, -
WHEN U.S. COMBAT TROOPS MUST BE OUT OF IRAQ. IT IS NOT THE BILL I
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| 08:33:10 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WOULD HAVE WRITTEN, BUT IT MOVES US CLOSER
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| 08:33:13 |
Schakowsky, Janice "Jan" - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
TO THE GOAL AS CLEARLY STATED BY SPEAKER PELOSI OF ENDING THE WAR IN IRAQ. LIKE MANY, I HAVE CONSISTENTLY VOTED AGAINST FUNDING FOR THIS WAR. WE HAVE...
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| 08:34:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IT IS LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND CREATES 435 COMMANDERS IN CHIEF. IT ATTEMPTS TO MICROMANAGE THE
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| 08:34:28 |
MR. LEWIS, -
WAR. IT THREATENS OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. IT CONTAINS BILLIONS IN
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| 08:34:32 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNRELATED SPENDING. IT WRAPS OLD
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| 08:34:35 |
Hensarling, Jeb - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FASHIONED PORK IN THE AMERICAN FLAG. AND FINALLY, ACCORDING TO "THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS" IT TURNS PAY-AS-YOU-GO. $74 MILLION FOR PEANUT STORAGE, $35...
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| 08:35:16 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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| 08:35:20 |
MR. OBEY, -
WORDS. MR. OBEY: THE GENTLEMAN REFERRED TO US AS
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| 08:35:24 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
PRODUCING BRIBE AS YOU GO LEGISLATION. >>
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| 08:35:42 |
MR. OBEY, -
THE WORDS WERE TAKEN DOWN AND IT WAS RULED TO HAVE USED INNAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND THIS SPEAKING PRIVILEGES WERE SUSPENDED AND I VOTE WAS TAKEN ...
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| 08:40:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE EXPECTED THREE HOURS TONIGHT AND ANOTHER HOUR TOMORROW. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. MR. HENSARLING: IN THE INTEREST...
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| 08:41:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE WORDS ARE
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| 08:41:38 |
Hensarling, Jeb - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WITHDRAWN. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TIME. 20 SECONDS. MR. HENSARLING: MR.
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| 08:41:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER, AGAIN, 74 MILLION FOR
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| 08:41:50 |
Obey, David R. - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin
PEANUT STORAGE, $35 MILLION TO NASA AND $35
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| 08:41:56 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MILLION FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS. IS THIS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. IS THIS THEIR VERSION OF REFORM? OUR NATIONAL SECURITY SHOULD NOT BE HANDLED SO
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| 08:42:07 |
Hensarling, Jeb - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FRIVOLOUSLY. THE COST OF FIGHTING THIS WAR -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. MR. HENSARLING: ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS. THE...
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| 08:42:33 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THEM HOME AND BRING THEM HOME TODAY. BUT
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| 08:42:36 |
MR. HENSARLING, -
WE SHOULDN'T EMPLOY THIS
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| 08:42:38 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SLOW BLEED STRATEGY THAT COULD DENY OUR TROOPS
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| 08:42:42 |
Hensarling, Jeb - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
VITALLY ENFORCEMENT AND VITAL EQUIPMENT AND OPEN UP PORK BARREL SPENDING TO FINANCE IT. A GREAT NATION DESERVES BETTER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE...
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| 08:43:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IS EXACTLY WHAT SPEAKER PELOSI, CHAIRMAN OBEY, CHAIRMAN MURTHA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
|
| 08:43:20 |
MR. OBEY, -
LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE DOING AND THEY'RE DOING IT WITH A PLAN. MY
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| 08:43:24 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT THIS WAR ENDED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE CAN
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| 08:43:28 |
Davis, Danny - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
TAKE HEART IN THE FACT THAT THIS SUPPLEMENTAL SETS A TIME CERTAIN TO BEGIN TO PULL OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ AND BRING THEM TO A PEACE-LOVING HOME, A HOME...
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| 08:44:26 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BILL BETRAYS OUR TROOPS AND WHEN OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN
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| 08:44:33 |
MR. LEWIS, -
COME HOME TO AMERICA THE TERRORISTS WILL FOLLOW. THIS BILL IS BROUGHT WITH PROMISES OF SPINACH AND PEANUTS AND PORK. NOT CONTENT TO LET OUR SOLDIERS
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| 08:44:43 |
MR. BRADY, -
WIN THIS WAR, THIS BILL INSTEAD SUBSTITUTES A BRILLIANT MILITARY STRATEGY, BUT GIVES OUR ENEMIES THIS TIMETABLE. AMERICA WILL RAISE A WHITE FLAG NEXT...
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| 08:45:47 |
MR. LEWIS, -
ALLOW FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS TO LIVE IN
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| 08:45:50 |
Brady, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TERROR BECAUSE WE LACK THE COURAGE AND CONVICTION OF THE GREATEST GENERATIONS THAT PRECEDED US. I YIELD BACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN...
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| 08:46:19 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND WOMEN IN THE WORLD THE BEST POLICY IN THE
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| 08:46:21 |
MR. MURTHA, -
WORLD INSTEAD OF THE FAILED POLICY WE HAVE THRUST THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS FINALLY REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE....
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| 08:46:31 |
Andrews, Robert - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
THESE TROOPS AND WE DO IN THIS BILL. BUT THEY TOLD US TO MAKE THE IRAQIS STAND UP AND NEGOTIATE AN END TO THEIR SIL WAR. -- TO THEIR CIVIL WAR. ...
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| 08:47:36 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN LIBERIA. LAST
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| 08:47:38 |
MR. LEWIS, -
I SAW LIBERIA IS NOT ON THE SAME CONTINENT AS IRAQ
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| 08:47:42 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AND WHY DOES THIS BILL HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FUNDING LIBERIA
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| 08:47:46 |
Poe, Ted - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AND THEIR NEEDS IN? THIS BILL PUTS OUR TROOPS AT RISK BECAUSE IT SOWS THE CLOUD OF DEFEATISM. CONGRESSES BEFORE US TRIED TO RUN THE WAR AS FAR BACK...
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| 08:48:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. SPEAKER, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE PAID A TREMENDOUS PRICE FOR OUR FIVE-YEAR OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. OVER 3,100 U.S. LIVES HAVE
|
| 08:48:58 |
MR. OBEY, -
BEEN LOST AND MORE THAN 23,000 WOUNDED. NEARLY HALF
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| 08:49:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
A TRILLION TAXPAYERS DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT. IN MY DISTRICT NINE SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO THE
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| 08:49:11 |
Hare, Phil - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
CONFLICT IN IRAQ. I'M COMMITTED TO BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME SAFELY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY IMPOSES STRICT BENCH MARKS...
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| 08:50:31 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THAT WILL MAJOR LEAGUE IT HIGHLY LIKELY OUR MILITARY WILL
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| 08:50:35 |
MR. LEWIS, -
FAIL. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANYCEPS. THIS BILL IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF THE WISDOM OF THE
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| 08:50:40 |
Wilson, Heather - U.S. Representative, [R] New Mexico
CONSTITUTION THAT WAS WRITTEN SO MANY YEARS AGO AND WE WOULD WITH WELL ADVISED TO RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR CONSTITUTION THAT SEPARATES THE POWERS...
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| 08:51:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THIS BILL IS ULTIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT BY THIS
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MR. OBEY, -
CONGRESS WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTALS. THOSE THAT I
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| 08:51:59 |
MR. MEEK, -
VOTED ON AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS BILL IS WE HAVE THE TROOPS' BACK. WE ARE
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| 08:52:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SAYING THEY HAVE TO BE PREPARED
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| 08:52:06 |
Meek, Kendrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
JUST LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAYS THEY HAVE TO BE WHEN THEY GO OFF TO WAR. THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THIS BILL. WE LOOK AT THIS BILL DEALING WITH...
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| 08:53:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
I KNOW OF NO EXAMPLE IN
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MR. LEWIS, -
THE HISTORY OF MAN KIND WHERE A NATION AT
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| 08:53:20 |
Shadegg, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Arizona
WAR WITH TROOPS IN THE FIELD HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ON A DATE CERTAIN ALMOST TWO YEARS OFF IT WILL SIMPLY UNILATERALLY STOP THE WAR. I DON'T BELIEVE...
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| 08:55:25 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT IS NOT THE BILL
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MR. SHADEGG, -
I WANTED. I I -- I THINK WE SHOULD BEGIN
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| 08:55:32 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
AN IMMEDIATE TROOP WITHDRAWAL. THIS HAS A VIRTUE OF SETTING A DATE CERTAIN. I HEAR MY COLLEAGUES
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| 08:55:37 |
MR. OBEY, -
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TALK ABOUT MICROMANAGEMENT.
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| 08:55:40 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE GREAT UNITED STATES TROOPS
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| 08:55:43 |
Wynn, Albert - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
WHO PERFORM ADMIRABLY IN SPITE OF THE INCOMPETENCE AND LACK OF PLANNING BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT OUR TROOPS DESERVE. NUMBER ONE,...
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| 08:56:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY WITH REGRET TO EXPRESS
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| 08:56:57 |
MR. LEWIS, -
MY OPPOSITION TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL. I OPPOSE THIS BILL BECAUSE RATHER THAN THE BILL BEFORE US, WE NEED A BILL THAT CLEANLY...
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| 08:57:08 |
MR. REGULA, -
TROOPS. NOT A BILL THAT IS SADDLED WITH ALL
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| 08:57:12 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
KINDS OF EXTRANEOUS
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Regula, Ralph - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD STAND ON THEIR OWN MERITS NOT BE USED TO GAIN SUPPORT. WE NEED A BILL THAT WILL HAVE AS ITS GOAL STABILITY IN IRAQ....
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| 08:59:21 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO CRAFT THIS BILL, AMERICANS READ HEADLINES THAT SAID SOMETHING LIKE
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| 08:59:28 |
MR. OBEY, -
DEMOCRATS DIVIDED, DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY. BUT THE TRUTH IS, WE WERE BEING DELIBERATIVE. WE SPENT WEEKS LISTENING TO THE
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| 08:59:38 |
Clyburn, James E. - U.S. Representative, [D] South Carolina
DIVERSE MEMBERS OF OUR CAUCUS. AND I'M CONFIDENT WE HAVE PRODUCED A STRONG AND PIVOTAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE DREW FROM THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF...
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| 09:03:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
CALIFORNIA. MR. LEWIS: MR. SPEAKER, I'M PLEASED TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO ONE
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| 09:03:08 |
MR. LEWIS, -
OF THE FINEST MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE,
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| 09:03:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. AKIN OF MISSOURI. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. MR. AKIN: I WISH TO REVISE AND EXTEND. THE SPEAKER...
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| 09:03:25 |
MR. LEWIS, -
IN SECTION 1904, FUNDING FOR THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES WILL BE CUT IF THE NEW GOVERNMENT DOES NOT PASS
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| 09:03:34 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROMOTE
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| 09:03:38 |
MR. AKIN, -
RECONCILIATION, TO ETHNIC GROUPS, I SUPPOSE.
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| 09:03:41 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN SHORT, TO AMEND THE
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| 09:03:43 |
Akin, W. "Todd" - U.S. Representative, [R] Missouri
CONSTITUTION IN A WAY THAT IS NOT DEFINED IN A PERIOD THAT CANNOT BE COMPLETED. NOW EARLIER ON THIS FLOOR, REPRESENTATIVE CONYERS STATED THAT IT WOULD...
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| 09:05:37 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WILL BE RESERVING FOR A WHILE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO RESERVE. THE GENTLEMAN FROM
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| 09:05:47 |
MR. OBEY, -
WISCONSIN IS
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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MR. LEWIS, -
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
RECOGNIZED. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: CAN I PLAY MY INSTRUMENT -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THAT IS NOT A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY. I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN...
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| 09:06:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN
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| 09:07:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30 SECONDS. MR. OBEY: COULD I ASK THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IF HE BELIEVES THAT UCLA HAS A CHANCE TO WIN TONIGHT? MR. LEWIS: MY...
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| 09:07:14 |
MR. LEWIS, -
AGREE WITH ME. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I APPRECIATE
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| 09:07:20 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IT. MR. GOODE. THE SPEAKER
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| 09:07:23 |
MR. OBEY, -
PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. MR. GOODE: I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL AS IT STANDS NOW. THERE ARE...
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| 09:07:34 |
MR. LEWIS, -
REASONS FOR OPPOSING THIS MEASURE. THE FIRST REASON IS THAT IN MY VIEW, WE OVERLY TIE
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| 09:07:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE HANDS OF OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND THOSE IN THE FIELD WHO ARE
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| 09:07:49 |
Goode, Virgil H. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
LEADING OUR TROOPS. WE CANNOT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THIS BODY MICROMANAGES WITH OUR ARMED FORCES ARE DOING. IT IS A BAD PRECEDENT. AND I HOPE WE...
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| 09:09:35 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WISCONSIN.
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| 09:09:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. OBEY: HOW MUCH TIME IS REMAINING ON BOTH SIDES THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN HAS 61 1/2 MINUTES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA...
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MR. OBEY, -
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. LEWIS: THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA. MR. OBEY: LET ME YIELD TWO MINUTES TO MS. WATERS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA
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| 09:10:35 |
MR. OBEY, -
IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. MS. WATERS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. AND TO THE CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOCATING THE TIME FOR ME TO COME...
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| 09:10:46 |
MR. LEWIS, -
DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THIS FLOOR, BUT THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY IS
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| 09:10:50 |
MR. OBEY, -
ALL ABOUT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL WOULD
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| 09:10:54 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
DO WHAT IT IS IS INTENDED TO DO. I
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| 09:10:58 |
Waters, Maxine - U.S. Representative, [D] California
DON'T BELIEVE IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO SAY THAT OUR TROOPS SHOULD BE WELL TRAINED AND WELL EQUIPPED AND GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE RIGHT TO WAIVE THAT. I DON'T...
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| 09:13:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TO US. . THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 261, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THE BILL WILL BE
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| 09:13:43 |
MR. OBEY, -
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| 09:13:47 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
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| 09:13:50 |
MR. LEWIS, -
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| 09:13:57 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
POSTPONED. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL REQUESTS. THE CLERK: LEAVES OF ABSENCE REQUESTED FOR MR. DEAL...
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| 09:14:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE REQUESTS ARE
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| 09:14:39 |
THE CLERK, -
GRANTED. THE GENTLEMAN FROM
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| 09:14:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
GEORGIA. MR. KINGSTON. MR. KINGSTON: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT TODAY FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS AND ANY SPECIAL ORDERS HERETOFORE ENTERED INTO,...
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| 09:15:20 |
MR. KINGSTON, -
MINUTES. PIERCE TODAY FOR FIVE MINUTES. PRICE TODAY FOR FIVE MINUTES. BARTLETT MARCH 27 FOR FIVE MINUTES. KINGSTON TODAY FOR FIVE MINUTES. THE SPEAKER...
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| 09:15:51 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THEIR REMARKS, AND INCLUDE THEREIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. MS. WOOLSEY OF CALIFORNIA. MS. BROWN OF FLORIDA. MR. SCHIFF OF
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| 09:16:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CALIFORNIA. MRS. MCCARTHY OF NEW YORK. MR. HIFFLE INDIANA. MR. CUMMINGS OF MARYLAND. MR. ALLEN OF MAINE. MR. SCHWARZ OF PENNSYLVANIA. MR. DEFAZIO OF...
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| 09:16:39 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 18, 2007, AND UNDER A PREVIOUS ORDER OF THE HOUSE, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ARE...
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| 09:17:06 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
BILIRAKIS OF FLORIDA. MR. KINGSTON: MR. SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA RISE? MR. KINGSTON: I...
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| 09:17:29 |
MR. KINGSTON, -
HAVE TEMPORARILY POSTPONED
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| 09:17:30 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL
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| 09:17:32 |
MR. KINGSTON, -
APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR THE IRAQ WAR. I WANTED TO START OFF BY REITERATING A STATEMENT MADE BY MR. SHADEGG OF ARIZONA IN WHICH HE TODAY HE KNEW OF NO...
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| 09:17:42 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HISTORY WHERE A COUNTRY AT
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| 09:17:44 |
Kingston, Jack - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
WAR DECLARED AN END DATE FOR WHEN THEY WOULD BE GETTING OUT OF THAT WAR. THE POINT BEING MOST COUNTRIES FIGHT WARS UNTIL THE FAR IS FINISHED BASED...
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| 09:22:57 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
FLORIDA. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. MCDERMOTT FROM
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| 09:23:00 |
MR. KINGSTON, -
WASHINGTON IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. MR. MCDERMOTT: MR. SPEAKER,
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| 09:23:08 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THOSE ELECTED TO SERVE IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE SOMETIMES MUST DECIDE MATTERS OF WAR AND PEACE. IN OTHER WORDS, MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH. AND NOTHING IS...
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| 09:23:27 |
McDermott, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Washington
AND IRAQI CIVILIANS HANG IN THE BALANCE. THIS IS A VOTE OF CONSCIENCE AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTES I WILL EVER CAST IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES....
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| 09:28:16 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE WHICH TOOK PLACE 186 YEARS AGO ON MARCH 25. IT IS ALSO
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| 09:28:24 |
Bilirakis, Gus Michael - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
A CELEBRATION WHICH RECOGNIZES THE STRONG TIES THAT BIND TOGETHER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREECE. . WHAT A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO STRADDLE...
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| 09:33:43 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
OF MR. SCHIFF. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. MR. PALLONE: I WANT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUES...
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| 09:34:00 |
MR. SCHIFF, -
REPRESENTATIVES. AS THE FIRST
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| 09:34:02 |
MR. PALLONE, -
GENOCIDE OF THE 20TH CENTURY IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE REMEMBER THIS ATROPICAL
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| 09:34:07 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
STORMITY AND DEMAND REAFFIRMATION OF THIS CRIME
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| 09:34:10 |
Pallone, Frank Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
AGAINST HUMANITY. THE RESOLUTION WHICH I INTRODUCED WITH OTHERS, HAS OVER 180 CO-SPONSORS. IT'S THE EXACT SAME RESOLUTION THAT PASSED THE INTERNATIONAL...
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| 09:36:52 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
HEALTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF FAILED POLICIES FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY DEMANDED BY THE PREVIOUS REPUBLICAN-LED...
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| 09:37:08 |
Schwartz, Allyson - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
END IN SIGHT. WE SAY ENOUGH TO GIVING AWAY HARD EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT WITHOUT ANY REAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE NISMS FOR...
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| 09:42:48 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. HILL: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND APPROVE MY REMARKS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. HILL: MR. SPEAKER, THE STAY THE...
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| 09:43:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YEAR, LONGER THAN U.S.
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| 09:43:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. IT IS TIME TO STOP
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| 09:43:10 |
MR. HILL, -
THE OPEN-ENDED COMMITMENT THERE. IT IS TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ TO
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| 09:43:15 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
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| 09:43:17 |
Hill, Baron - U.S. Representative, [D] Indiana
THEIR OWN SECURITY. IT IS TIME TO START THE PROCESS OF BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME. IT IS TIME TO REFOCUS OUR MILITARY EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM. IT...
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| 09:46:04 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MR. ALLEN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MR. SPEAKER, TOMORROW THE HOUSE WILL VOTE ON LEGISLATION TO SET A PATH FOR THE RESPONSIBLE REDEPLOYMENT OF AMERICAN...
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| 09:46:25 |
Allen, Thomas "Tom" H. - U.S. Representative, [D] Maine
THIS WEEK MARKS THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF A WAR BORN IN DECEIT AND PROLONGED BY MISMANAGEMENT. I VOTED AGAINST THE INVASION IN 2002. I WILL VOTE...
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| 09:50:06 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
MEXICO. -- MR. PEARCE OF NEW MEXICO. MISS JACKSONVILLE OF TEXAS. MR. PRICE OF GEORGIA. UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY OF JANUARY 18, 2007,,...
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| 09:50:53 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
US WHO HAD CONTESTED RACES, THOSE OF US WHO DID NOT, BUT ALL OF US NEW TO THIS PROCESS COMING IN WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND THE BELIEF THAT HOPEFULLY...
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| 09:57:32 |
Hodes, Paul - U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire
STAMP CONGRESS WHICH REFUSED TO ASK QUESTIONS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTING ITS POLICIES LARGELY IN SECRET, TAKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DOWN A PATH...
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| 10:02:16 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
MAKE MONEY BY RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. NOBODY IS ASKING ANY MORE THAN THAT IN GOVERNMENT. AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT VERY ELOQUENTLY, THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN...
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| 10:03:14 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT TO KNOW, IF THEY CAN TELL YOU TO TAKE A HIKE, TAKE A WALK AND DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO AND NOT ACCOUNTABLE...
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| 10:08:39 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
TRUTH. WHAT ARE THEY HIDING IF THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT. THAT IS THE BATTLE GOING ON BETWEEN CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT. PUT YOUR HAND UP, WE...
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| 10:09:22 |
Welch, Peter - U.S. Representative, [D] Vermont
HEARINGS WE HAVE HAD. I COME FROM VERMONT, WHERE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO WASTE THINGS. WE DO IT OVER RECYCLE, REUSE, DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW,...
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| 10:15:29 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
FEEL RESPONSIBLE. MR. WELCH: IT'S NOT A PARTISAN THING. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS -- ALL THESE THINGS DID HAPPEN ON THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 10:15:51 |
Welch, Peter - U.S. Representative, [D] Vermont
AN IDEOLOGY THAT -- YOU HAD A SET OF FACTS AND THEY DIDN'T FIT, YOU THROW THE FACTS OUT AND STICK WITH THE IDEOLOGY. BUT IT'S NOT A PRODUCTIVE AND WINNING...
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| 10:16:53 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
FRESHMAN GROUP, IT'S MR. PERLMUTTER FROM COLORADO. WE ARE NOW GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED FROM -- DISPERSED FROM SOUTHEAST TO EAST TO MIDWEST TO WEST....
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| 10:17:29 |
Perlmutter, Edwin "Ed" G. - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
BALANCES MEANS ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY IN WASHINGTON FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. AND AS A RESULT WE HAVE HAD A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS...
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| 10:22:12 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
THERE'S ALSO JUST A CHECK AND BALANCE WITH THE AGENCIES. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. MAKING SURE THINGS ARE ARE OPERATING...
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| 10:22:48 |
Hodes, Paul - U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire
FIRING OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. AND IT'S INTERESTING TO ME, I COME FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. A SMALL STATE. AND PROBABLY MANY OF...
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| 10:27:05 |
MR. KLEIN, -
HODES: ABSOLUTELY. MR. ELLISON: IF A PROSECUTOR IS REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE
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| 10:27:10 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
HE DOESN'T STEP ON ANY TOES OF THE ADMINISTRATION OR PARTICULAR POLITICAL POWER OR IF HE MAKES SURE HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO
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| 10:27:18 |
MR. HODES, -
OFFEND A PARTICULAR PARTY, COULD --
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| 10:27:21 |
MR. ELLISON, -
AND IF SUCH A PROSECUTOR WERE TO DO SO THEY MIGHT LOSE THEIR JOB,
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| 10:27:26 |
MR. HODES, -
COULD THAT HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE
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| 10:27:29 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
ZEALOUS AND PROSECUTION OF ANYBODY WHO MIGHT VIOLATE THE LAW? MR. HODES: MR. ELLISON: THAT'S CALLED A SIBERIAN EXPRESS. THAT'S NOT JUST A CHILLING...
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| 10:27:58 |
Hodes, Paul - U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire
EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS IS THE HALLMARK, IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF JUSTICE...
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| 10:28:44 |
MR. KLEIN, -
AND SO THE REASON THE PEOPLE
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| 10:28:48 |
Perlmutter, Edwin "Ed" G. - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
EXPECT, YOU KNOW, THEIR U.S. ATTORNEYS AND THEIR GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE IN TRUTH AND HONEST AND IN JUSTICE IS BECAUSE THAT POWER IS SO GREAT. AND WHEN...
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| 10:30:15 |
MR. ELLISON, -
UP TO. PLEASE JOIN US. MR. LARSON: THANKS FOR POINTING OUT MY
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| 10:30:21 |
MR. PERLMUTTER, -
AGE, BUT I'M
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| 10:30:22 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
HERE PRIMARILY TO SALUTE YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE KIND OF WORK I THINK AS MR. PERLMUTTER POINTED OUT THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WHO IS ALWAYS FURTHER...
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| 10:30:39 |
Larson, John B. - U.S. Representative, [D] Connecticut
FOUND ITS VOICE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. AND YOU HAVE GIVEE NOVEMBER ELECTION. AND YOU HAVE GIVEN VOICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HERE IN THE PEOPLE'S...
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| 10:32:13 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
THANKS TO OUR LEADERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDES MR. LARSON FROM THE GREAT STATE OF CONNECTICUT. HE IS ABLE AND WELL QUALIFIED LEADER AND GREAT FOR HIM SETTING...
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| 10:32:31 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
OF THE BAR WHO ARE NOW IN CONGRESS AND I WANT TO THROW A QUESTION OUT. THE PRESIDENT HAS OFFERED TO MAKE A DEAL. AND THE DEAL IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS COULD...
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| 10:34:03 |
Hodes, Paul - U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire
MEANINGFUL THING, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON SWEARS TO TELL THE TRUTH, IT HAS THE EFFECT OF OPENING ONE'S EYES TO THE IMPORTANCE...
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| 10:35:56 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
THINGS LIKE THAT. WE THINK OF PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST, THEY ARE AMERICAN HEROES ON SO MANY LEVELS AND THEY DESERVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL...
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| 10:36:49 |
Welch, Peter - U.S. Representative, [D] Vermont
CONDITIONS. BUT THAT'S THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. WHAT WAS REALLY HEARTBREAKING WHEN YOU MET THE VETERANS WAS THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY LOST AND ABANDONED....
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| 10:41:29 |
Perlmutter, Edwin "Ed" G. - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
TO GO ON A WITCH HUNT, AND TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY WANTED CHECKS AND BALANCES, THEY WANTED OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SOMETHING...
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| 10:43:52 |
MR. ELWILL ISON, -
COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK ALL OF US ARE ON, WE ARE GOING TO BE
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| 10:43:56 |
Ellison, Keith - U.S. Representative, [D] Minnesota
TALKING ABOUT PREDATORY LENDING. TODAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EXECUTIVE PAY AND SHINING LIGHT ON THAT ISSUE. ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WE HAD SUBCOMMITTEE...
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| 10:45:45 |
MR. KLEIN, -
FORMER PRESIDENT, WOODROW WILSON. I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN TIME TO END MY REMARKS WITH A QUOTE FROM JOHN
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| 10:45:53 |
Hodes, Paul - U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire
STEWART MILL WHO SAID, THE PROPER OFFICE OF A REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IS TO WATCH AND CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT, TO THROW THE LIGHT OF PUBLICITY ON ITS...
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| 10:48:11 |
Klein, Ron - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE HAD DOZENS OF HEARINGS SO FAR JUST ON THE ABILITY OF WORKING WITH OUR DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AND ALL THE STRATEGIES IN DEALING WITH...
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| 10:49:50 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THEY ARE PROPOSING. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
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| 10:49:55 |
MS. FOXX, -
AND THE TWO ARE TIED TOGETHER IN MANY WAYS
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| 10:49:58 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
IN TERMS OF THE HYPOCRISY THAT WE ARE
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| 10:50:01 |
Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
SEEING COME FORTH FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP. THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S IN THE MIDST OF MARKING UP THE FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET RESOLUTION....
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| 10:55:33 |
Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
ON THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I BIT MY TONGUE HERE OVER THE LAST HOUR, MR. SPEAKER, AND LISTENED INTENTATIVELY TO SOME...
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| 10:55:49 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
WAS PAYING ATTENTION. THE ISSUE WAS BEING DISCUSSED BY THE FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, MR. SPEAKER, ABOUT THE EIGHT U.S. ATTORNEYS...
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| 11:11:22 |
Blackburn, Marsha - U.S. Representative, [R] Tennessee
VERY INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK, MR....
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| 11:20:40 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
I REFLECT UPON A THOUGHT THAT CROSSED MY MIND A WEEK OR SO AGO, OR MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO IN COMMITTEE AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE KIND OF ARGUMENT AND...
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| 11:25:18 |
Smith, Adrian - U.S. Representative, [R] Nebraska
BACK OF THE TERRORIST ACTS LEVELED ON OUR COUNTRY, AND THAT'S A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT WE CANNOT SIT IDLY BY. THAT WE CANNOT LET DIVISION SWAY US FROM...
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| 11:30:25 |
MR. KING, -
A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY
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| 11:30:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FINANCIALLY, OUR TROOPS AND THEIR MISSION? I YIELD BACK. MR. SMITH: I DID
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| 11:30:33 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
NOT SENSE THAT COMMISSION IT WOULD BE HARD TO SPECULATE. THAT IS NOT MY JOB. I DO BELIEVE, THOUGH, THAT THIS SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BILL -- AND I DON'T...
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| 11:30:53 |
Smith, Adrian - U.S. Representative, [R] Nebraska
BRIEFLY ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BILL WITH THE CAVEAT MANY WOULD CALL MICROMANAGING THE WAR IS THE WRONG THING TO DO. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GIVE...
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| 11:33:29 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
NO SUCH PLEDGE THAT IT ISN'T MY JOB TO CHALLENGE THE PEOPLE WHOM I DISAGREE WITH. IN FACT, I BELIEVE IT IS MY JOB TO DO THAT. I INTEND TO STEP...
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| 11:55:01 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
ARE ARE WILLING TO LEAD ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND THOSE THAT HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM. AND EVEN MAKING SURE THAT
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| 11:55:09 |
Meek, Kendrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
WE TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES AS RELATES TO HOMELAND SECURITY. TODAY THERE WAS A THREE HOUR, FOUR HOUR OR SO DEBATE ON THE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL...
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| 12:42:11 |
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE SPEAKER: DOES THE GENTLEMAN HAVE A MOTION? MR. MEEK: I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE DO NOW ADJOURN, MR. SPEAKER. TWOIPT THE QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION TO ADJOURN....
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| 12:42:38 |
THE SPEAKER, -
ADJOURNED UNTIL 9:00 A.M.
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| 12:42:42 |
MR. MEEK, -
TOMORROW. >> SOME
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