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Unidentified Speaker
THE HOUSE WILL NEED AT NOON AND 2:00 P.M. FOR LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS. THE HASSLE ME AT 10:00 A.M. FOR MORNING I WERE IN NOON FOR LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS....
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| 00:01:13 |
Unidentified Speaker
THAT WE WOULD NOT BE MEETING ON MONDAY. WE WILL BE MEETING ON MONDAY AND COMING IN AT 6:30. TAKE NOTE OF THAT. CAN I ASK YOU IF YOU KNOW WE MAY BE CONSIDERING...
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| 00:02:07 |
Unidentified Speaker
HE IS CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT THE DEFENSE BILL WILL NOT BE READY. WE DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE. PROBABLY BY WEDNESDAY OR AFTER. WITHOUT COMPLETE SHORTY,...
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| 00:02:30 |
Unidentified Speaker
WILL FIND THAT HELPFUL. THE MAJORITY LEADER MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT WE WILL NOT ADJOURN TILL WE HAVE AVERTED THE FISCAL CLIFF. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL...
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| 00:05:11 |
Unidentified Speaker
IS CORRECT. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. THAT SUGGESTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THIS WEEK. HE JOINS ME IN THE DESIRE TO TRY TO...
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| 00:06:41 |
Unidentified Speaker
DISCUSSION ON A REGULAR BASIS. WHEN THE GENTLEMAN TALKS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, HE IS TALKING ABOUT 3% OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN AMERICA. 97% OF SMALL...
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MR. CANTOR
MR. CANTOR: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN AGAIN. I SAID TO THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE, THE MAJORITY OF BUSINESS INCOME COMES FROM THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH INCOME...
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MR. HOYER
HOYER: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH HIM, AS HE KNOWS, STAYING HERE UNTIL WE GET THIS OBLEM SOLVED. AMERICA EXPECTS IT. AMERICA...
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| 00:16:09 |
MR. CANTOR
ON ISSUES -- ON ISSUES WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON, I THINK WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON MANY SPENDING ISSUES. I THINK THE GENTMAN HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN HIS COMMITMENT...
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MR. HOYER
SAID IS, AND I'VE SAID EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ON THE TABLE. NOT THAT I AGREED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE ON THE TABLE. I HAVE SOME VERY SUBSTANTIAL...
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| 00:17:06 |
MR. CANTOR
I SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN, THIS IS THE KIND OF CONVERSATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEMS RATHER THAN JUST KICKING THE CAN. AND AGAIN...
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| 00:18:32 |
MRHOYER
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS COMMENTS. IT IS A DISCUSSION THE COUNTRY IS HAVING. IT'S A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE. AND WE NEED TO HAVE IT HONESTLY...
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| 00:19:50 |
MR. CANTOR
GENTLEMAN YIELD. MR. HOYER: JUST TO MAKE
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| 00:19:53 |
MR. HOYER
THE POINT, THE GTLEMAN TALKS ABOUT TAX AND SPENDING IS THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WE VOTE TO BUY THINGS. WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE, AND WE ISN'T VOTED...
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| 00:21:26 |
MR. CANTOR
MR. SPEAKER, ALONG THOSE LINES, THE GENTLEMAN TAS ABOUT THE 2001-2003 TAX CUTS. HE'S TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY THE 98% THAT HE REFERS TO THAT CONTINUE TO...
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| 00:21:43 |
MR. HOYER
BELIEVE WE NEED TO PAY FOR THAT TAX CUT OVER THAT 10-YEAR PLAN THAT WE CAME UP WITH TO GET US TO A PLACE THAT WE CAN AGREE ON BEING THE OBJECTIVE...
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MR. CANTOR
SPEAKER, I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN'S VIEW IS -- MY -- THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. WHERE IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT E SPECIFICS ON WHERE...
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MR. HOYER
WE HAD THAT -- IN FACT -- RECLAIMING MY TIME. WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF SPECIFICS. I POINTED OUT TO THE GENTLEMAN LAST WEEK AND I'LL POINT OUT...
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| 00:25:59 |
MR. CANTOR
CANTOR: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN, MR. SPEAKER. I WILL SAY THIS. AGAIN, THE GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN VERY GOOD, NOT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SPEAKER AND THE PRESIDENT,...
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MR. HOYER
OF COURSE, AGAIN, WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT. THIS LIST -- I CAN'T READ IT EITHER. MR. CANTORWE HAVE JUST SEEN THE ADMINISTRATION BACKTRACK ITS COMMITMENT...
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MR. HOYER
THINK HE BACKTRACKED. WHAT HE SAID WAS AND WHAT WE HAVE SAID CONTINUALLY IS ON THE REVENUE SIDE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BALANCED PACKAGE, ON THE...
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
YOU SAID WE SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY AND WE DIDN'T PAY FOR -- ON YOUR SIDE YOU SAID WE SPENT MONEAND WE DIDN'T PAY FOR IT. NEITHER ONE OF OURSELVES...
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MR. HOYER
I FINISHED FOR ANYBODY WHO HAPPENS TO BE WATCHING US IS NOT BORED STIFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THE MCCONNELL PROPOSAL WAS THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD...
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| 00:33:40 |
MR. CANTOR
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING, AND I BELIEVE THAT IN ALL FAIRNESS LOOKING AT THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIESND THEIR VIEW TOWARDS DEBT CEILING INCREASED...
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| 00:36:03 |
MR. HOYER
THANK THE GENTLEMAN, I DON'T THINK HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE DEBT LIMIT, THEREFORE MY PRESUMPTION IS THAT UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL CONTINUE TO...
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MR. CANTOR
MR. CANTOR: AT'S A MISCHARACTERIZATION OF MY REMARKS. ALL I SAID WAS, WE FEEL THAT THIS WHITE HOUSE HAS A TIN EAR IN TERMS OF THE SPENDING PROBLEM....
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MR. HOYER
GENTLEMAN AND THE GENTLEMAN SAYS SPENDING IS THE PROBLEM. IF SPENDING IS THE PROBLEM AND SPENDING OBVIOUSLY IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE CONFRONT AS...
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MR. CANTOR
CANTOR: AS THE GENTLEMAN KNOWS ON THE FARM BILL WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE FARM BILL PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR THE YEAR. AS...
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MR. HOYER
HOYER: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS INTENT THERE. I OBSERVE THAT THE GENTLEMAN OBSERVED A HE WAS CORRECT, OBVIOUSLY, FEMA INDICATED IT HAS SOME RESOURCES...
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MR. CANTOR
MR. CANTOR: I THINK THE GENTLEMAN IS AWARE, MR. SPEAKER, THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. CAMP IS SPEAKING WITH THE RANKING MEMBER TO TRY TO SEE...
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