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SENATE DEBATE. THE SENATE SEAT IN
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PENNSYLVANIA IS CURRENTLY HELD BY ARLEN SPECTER, BUT HE WILL NO LONGER BE THE INCUMBENT. I AM DAVID JOHNSON. THIS IS THE SENATE DEBATE BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN...
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HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN LIFE, WHO HAVE DIFFERENT SET OF VALUES. MR. TOOMEY COMES FROM WALL STREET WHERE HE BELIEVES ANSWERS CAN BE...
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I AM CONVINCED THE
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING US DOWN THE WRONG PATH, AT THE PATH OF WAY TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT. LOOK AT NATIONALIZING INDUSTRIES, SPENDING MONEY ON A ...
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MR. TOOMEY, YOU TOOK ONE OF THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH -- "EXTREME" OR "EXTREMIST." I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NOT ONLY YOUR PARTY LABELS BUT THE...
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THE FRINGES OF HIS PARTY.
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I KNEW HUNDREDS OF FELLOW ADMIRALS'. I HAVE YET TO MEET ONE OF THEM WHO IS A LIBERAL. WE TEND TO BELIEF WHEN WE ARE ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN THAT...
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FOR YOURSELF. YOU DID NOT CALL YOURSELF A LIBERAL? >> LOOK AT MY VOTING RECORD. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. JOHN MURTHA VOTED MORE TIMES WITH THE MAJORITY PARTY THEN I WILL -- THEN I DID -- THAN I DID. I FOUND MYSELF PRETTY MUCH OF A...
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NO. I HAD TO STAND UP FOR THAT TO GET HERE TONIGHT. >> THE ONLY TIME HE HAS STOOD UP TO HIS PARTY WAS TO PROMOTE HIS OWN CAREER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE
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ACTUAL RECORD, IT MIGHT BE THAT HE IS THE MOST LIBERAL ADMIRAL, MAYBE THE ONLY ONE. DURING
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THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN, HE IS HAPPY TO DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A PROGRESSIVE. THAT IS THE EUPHEMISM THEY USED TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES. MOST PENNSYLVANIAN DO...
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POLICY.
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ONE OF THE ZANINESS IDEAS I HAVE EVER HEARD IS -- HE SAID HE WANTS TO ELIMINATE ALL TAXES FOR CORPORATIONS. HE SAYS BORROWING FROM AMERICA'S -- BUYING...
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IT IS APPROPRIATE. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND PEOPLE BUY MY BOOK. NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH, BECAUSE I
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LIKE TO HAVE THE ROYALTIES. YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT IS IN A.
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WHAT IS IN
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IT INSTEAD OF WHAT JOE SAYS ABOUT IT. GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM GIVES US PROSPERITY. NOW ON TAXES, I THINK WE SHOULD LOWER THE TOP CORPORATE TAX...
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THE ANSWER. WHY DO YOU NOT THINK IT IS WORKING? IT HAS ONLY BEEN A FEW MONTHS. >> IT HAS BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN IN OFFICE...
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HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR OVER A YEAR-AND-A-HALF. WE WERE TOLD IF THEY GOT
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THEIR STIMULUS BILL TOLL, THE --
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STIMULUS BILL PASSED, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WILL NEVER GO ABOVE 8%. IT WENT OVER 10%. WHERE ARE THE JOBS? WHERE IS THE GROWTH? IT IS A FLAWED CONCEPT....
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WORKING? HONG>> I ARRIVED IN CONGRESS THE YEAR THE RECESSION BEGAN. WE WERE HEADED TO A DEPRESSION. MR. BUSH CALLED UPON US TO HELP. MR. PAULSON DID....
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I AM FROM PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON SHELL
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AND DRILLING? -- MARCELLUS SHALE DRILLING? ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST IT? WHY? >> DID YOU HEAR IT? >> I'VE HEARD IT. >> NOT JUST ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST IT,...
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WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING I THINK IS VERY EXCITING WITH THE NATURAL GAS.
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IF YOU ADD THAT THE ENERGY THAT -- ADD UP THE ENERGY THAT IS IN THE GAS, IT IS EQUAL TO HALF OF OIL IN SAUDIA ARABIA. -- IN SAUDI ARABIA. IT IS A STAGGERING...
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HARRISBURG.
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I THINK IT
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IS LIKELY IT WILL
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EVENTUALLY HAPPEN. IT IS NOT A DECISION FOR ME. >> SHOULD MARCELLUS SHALE BE TAXED? >> YES.
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THE CONGRESSMAN SAID IT WELL. I KNOW THAT GOVERNOR RENDELL
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DOES WANT TO DO WHAT YOU SAID. I AM AN INDEPENDENT. WE NEED PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. I PATROLLED THE OIL LANES IN THE PERSIAN GULF. I AM TIRED OF SENDING...
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THE ENTIRE CONSENSUS OF THE DEMOCRATS. HE THINKS THE EPA NEEDS ADDITIONAL REGULATORY OVERLAY. THE EPA ALREADY THOROUGHLY REGULATES THIS. HE CALLS FOR...
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MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TRAIN THEM. THOSE SHOULD BE OUR WORKERS. THE RULING MUST ONCE WE START IT RIGHT. -- DRILL WE MUST ONCE WE START IT RIGHT....
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BACKGROUND AN EXPERIENCE THAT CONGRESSMAN TOOMEY HAS.
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BUT WE WANT SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF MAIN STREET PENNSYLVANIAN. -- OF THE MAIN STREET PENNSYLVANIAN. HE SUPPORTS ANY PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT...
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A UNION WORKER. MY MOTHER WAS A PART-TIME CHURCH SECRETARY.
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THERE WERE SIX OF US KIDS. WE WERE A CLOSE FAMILY. WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH GROWING UP. WE ARE STILL A REALLY CLOSE FAMILY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL UPBRINGING....
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MR. TOOMEY. I WILL GET TO BUDGET CUTS IN A SECOND. THE SPECIFIC. -- BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH TAXES YOU WOULD LIKE TO CUT. >> THERE ARE TOO BIG CHALLENGES...
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MY DAD AS A UNION WORKER. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN A UNION CALLED A STRIKE. WHEN THEY CALLED A STRIKE, MY DAD WAS OUT THE WORK. -- WAS OUT OF WORK. THOSE...
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THAT RAISING -- JOEL ACKNOWLEDGE IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT RAISING TAXES DURING HARD TIMES IS A BAD IDEA. HE WAS RIGHT THEM. -- HE WAS RIGHT THEN....
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TOOMEY SAYS TO ELIMINATE ALL CORPORATE TAXES.
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HE VOTE -- HE WOULD VOTE THAT THE PROFITS IN CHINA DO NOT HAVE TO BE TAXED. WHAT I WOULD DO IS IT YOUR CAPITAL GAINS TAX. -- WHAT I WOULD DO IS A ZERO...
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THE CONSEQUENCES. --
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HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE REALLY BAD POLICIES HE HAS PROPOSED. HE HAS AN IDEA ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS. HE DID NOT REALIZE...
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TOOMEY CONGRESSMEN WAS ON THE --
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CONGRESSMAN TOOMEY WAS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE, AND HE SLAPPED THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN HALF SO THE LOANS USED TO GO TO SMALL- BUSINESS...
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I HAD THREE ESTABLISHMENTS. ONE OF THEM I DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY. -- WELL WHAT IT IS THAT I DID. I HAD TWO ESTABLISHMENTS. ONE OF THEM I DELEGATED...
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OF TAX CUT. -- YOU ARE BOTH IN FAVOR OF SOME TYPE OF TAX CUTS. THEY ARE GREAT, BUT THEY DO NOT REDUCE -- >> JOE IS IN FAVOR OF A NET TAX INCREASE. >>...
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TAXES ALONE WILL NOT DO
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IT. YOU MUST HAVE IN MIND SOME PROGRAMS. WHAT PROGRAMS? CAN YOU ANSWER WHAT PROGRAMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO CUT? >> FIRST OFF, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT AND...
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FOR WAS A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD TO LIVE WITHIN ITS MEANS. IF YOU WANT A NEW PROGRAM, CUT ANOTHER ONE. CONGRESSMEN TOOMEY VOTED TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW...
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ADDITIONAL
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BAILOUT THE LACOSTE 100 BILLION -- WHICH WOULD COST $100 BILLION ADDITIONAL. HE VOTED FOR THE STIMULUS. HE IS PRETENDING HE WANTS TO REDUCE SPENDING....
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I WANT TO BAN EARMARKS. EARMARKS' ARE VERY WASTEFUL. THEY
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ARE PERNICIOUS AND VERY WASTEFUL. IT IS WHERE THEY TRIED TO BRIBE CONSTITUENTS WITH THEIR OWN MONEY. THEY LORDED OVER PEOPLE. -- THEY LORD IT OVER PEOPLE....
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MOST PENNSYLVANIAN UNDERSTAND --
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PENNSYLVANIANS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS HOW WE GOT INTO THIS MESS. WE ARE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. WHEN WE HAVE A BUDGET UNDER CONTROL, WHEN OUR FISCAL...
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NOT WANT TO REMAINING PORTION OF THE STIMULUS TO CONTINUE. THE HEAVY BULK OF THAT MIDDLE CLASS TAX ANDCUT, HE SAID HE -- THE HEAVY BOOK OF THAT IS MIDDLE-CLASS...
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WHAT HE HAS DONE WITH EARMARKS IS UNBELIEVABLE. HE TOOK A PLEDGE
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THAT SAID
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THAT HE WOULD NOT TAKE CONTRIBUTIONS. --
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FROM ANYBODY WHO SEEKS AN EARMARKED FROM MY OFFICE. THEY FOUND OUT HE HAD. -- HE HAD TAKEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS. HE SAID HE ONLY...
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WHO PUBLISHED ANY APPROPRIATIONS THAT WE GOT. IT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT. IF THE PRESIDENT OF A CORPORATION OR COMPANY OR UNIVERSITY CAME TO ME, QUIETLY,...
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THAT TAPE. >> I LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE. WHY IS IT THAT IT SEEMS TO
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BE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD THE MOST NEED FOR THESE SERVICES HAVE DO -- NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CARS AND ACCESS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES...
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NEGLECT OUR CITY, WE'D USE IT TO OUR PERIL. --
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TO NEGLECT OUR CITIES, WE DO SO AT OUR PERIL. BECAUSE TO NEGLECT OUR CITY IS TO -- CITIES IS TO NEGLECT AMERICA. WE TRULY HAVE NEGLECTED OUR CITIES. PITTSBURGH...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.