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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NOW, STEVEN ELLIS OF TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE. HE SERVES AS THEY'RE VIPES. WELCOME. GUEST: -- VICE PRESIDENT. HOST: WHAT WAS ADDED
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO THE BILL? WHAT WAS THE MAIN CONCERN? GUEST: THERE'S A
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
NUCLEUS OF THAT AND IT'S A $60 BILLION BILL. MOST NOTABLY THEY JUST PASSED $9.7 BILLION IN INCREASED BORROWING AUTHORITY BUT BEYOND THAT THERE WAS SPORNT...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
COULD BE TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S HARD TO TEASE OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY WASH OVER IT. SO FOR INSTANCE THEY PROVIDED NEARLY $1 BILLION...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A LIST COMPILED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION SOME OF THE THINGS ADDED. SOME WOULD INCLUDE OVER $1 BILLION FOR HIGHWAYS AND TRAINS, $800 MILLION FOR FEDERAL...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IN OUR BUDGETING SYSTEM THERE ARE BUDGET CAPS ON THE REGULAR BUDGET. BUT ONCE YOU DESIGNATE SOMETHING EMERGENCY IT'S...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT TYPE OF JUSTIFICATION HAS TO BE MADE BY PEOPLE PUTTING THESE IN IN ORDER TO HAVE 24E78 ADDED? GUEST: THAT'S UP
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
TO THE AUTHORS OF THE BILL. ALL THEY HAVE TO HAVE IS A CLAUSE THAT DESIGNATES AN EMERGENCY AS IT WAS DESIGNATED IN THE ACT. HOST: SO INCLUDING SOME
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THINGS ACCORDING TO YOU PROBABLY SAW THE LIST $100 MILLION FOR HEAD START PROJECTS. GUEST: AND SOME
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
COULD BE RELATED TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE SANDY REGION. THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN THERE THAT THEIR SCHOOLS ARE DAMAGED AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO STILL...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AS FAR AS THESE TYPE OF BILLS ARE CONCERNED THAT THESE TYPE OF THINGS GET ADDED? GUEST: EMERGENCY BILLS
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN CHRISTMAS TREES. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ORNAMENTS ADDED ON FOR VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES SOME OF WHICH ARE COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT...
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| 00:03:24 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ELLIS TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE. TO TALK ABOUT DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE SAND YIFMENT ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THERE. WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
I'LL START WITH THE LAST ONE. THE LAST ONE IS THAT THERE IS A DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM THAT FEMA OPERATES THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. AND...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THERE ARE THINGS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY WITHIN THIS BUT NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
TO SANDY. GUEST: RIGHT. AND THERE ARE THINGS IN HERE WHERE THEY'RE NICE TO HAVE. FOR INSTANCE, EVEN GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SMALL THERE'S $20,000...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AS FAR AS YOUR ANALYSIS, WHETHER THE THING SHOULD BE OF NOTE BEFORE WE GO ON TO QUESTIONS FOR OUR VIEWERS. GUEST: ONE OF THE
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
THINGS DEBATED A LOT AND HEAVILY ON THE SENATE FLOOR IS THE NOTION OF HOW MUCH THE COST SHARE SHOULD BE BE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION, TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE, WHAT IS IT? GUEST: A NATIONAL
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
NONPARTISAN BUDGET WATCHDOG. WE'RE CRITICAL OF PEOPLE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES AND COVER...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU SEE POLITICIANS COMPLAINING ABOUT VOTING FOR THIS BILL NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THE SANDY RELIEF BUT WHAT'S ADDED THERE'S A TUG OF WAR GOING OFPBLET...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD. I'VE WORKED ON DISASTER ISSUES SINCE BEFORE I WAS IN THIS JOB I WAS AN OFFICER IN THE COAST GUARD ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 93 FLOODS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM NEW YORK. JIM. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. REGARDING THE OVERTHE CLIFF BILL COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE JUNIORS $75 MILLION WAS ABOUT? GUEST:
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
SURE. THE -- TALKING ABOUT SANDY HERE BUT IN THE FISCAL CLIFF BILL THEY ADDED A WHOLE PACKAGE OF TAX EXTENDERS. THERE WERE THESE PROVISIONS OF SMALL...
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CALLER, -
ENTIRE BILL THAT WAS AUTHORED FROM DIRECTORS FROM THE OMB AND I WENT TO HARRY REID AND NOBODY IS DEBATING THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING....
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
CERTAINLY HAVE A POINT. AND THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SCRUB THESE BILLS AND WE ONLY FUND THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST APPROPRIATE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LEGISLATORS BEHIND THE REQUEST WE TALKED ABOUT? THE INITIAL LIST. GUEST: FOR
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
INSTANCE, ONE THAT WASN'T ON THERE FOR INSTANCE WAS $150 MILLION FOR FISHERY DISASTERS. WELL, RIGHT AFTER THAT GOT INCLUDED IN THE BILL WHICH WASN'T...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CALL, PENNSYLVANIA. CONRAD INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. LOVE THE SHOW. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ONE HAS TO DO WITH FEMA. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE AFTERMATH OF SANDY. I HAVE RELATIVES THAT...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
AN INTERESTING POINT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN A LOT OF PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUILT IN FLOOD PLANES OR FLOOD-RISKY...
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CALLER, -
MORNING, GENTLEMEN. I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO SUPER IMPOSE THIS SANDY RELIEF BILL ON THE -- IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GREATER FISCAL CLIFF ARGUMENT AND IN...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
THIN -- THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TALKED ABOUT BOTH SIDES OF THEIR MOUTH ON BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THERE'S ISSUES THERE. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE WHERE...
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| 00:19:18 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CHRISTIE WEIGHED IN ON THE HOLDUP FOR THE VOTE DOCUMENTING AT LEAST ON HIS END FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY ABOUT HOW THEY TOOK CARE TO KIND OF LAY...
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AND NEW JERSEY USE IT HAD INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF MCKINSEY AND COMPANY TO ASSESS AND QUANTIFY THE DAMAGE TO OUR STATE. OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFFS HAVE SPENT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HIS ASSESSMENT THEY TOOK GREAT CARE. GUEST: AND THE FACT
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
IS THAT A LOT OF THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY OR THE STATE OF NEW YORK. A LOT OF THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES...
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| 00:21:10 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
BE DONE PIECEMEAL IS IT A CHANCE TO STRIP OUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE PUT? GUEST: MY EXPERIENCE
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
IS THAT THEY DON'T STAND UP TO SCRUTINY VERY WELL AND SO PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY OFTEN TRIED TO GET JAMMED THROUGH. SO WE'VE GOT A VERY CRITICAL...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ORGANIZATION DID SOME ANALYSIS ALREADY 30 MILLION ASKED FOR THE AIRPORT, 9 21 FOR FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUST FUND RELATED. THE...
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CALLER, -
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. ANOTHER CALLER TOUCHED UPON THIS SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU PUBLISH THE NAMES OF ALL...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
THE CALLER FROM CONNECTICUT AND ACTUALLY I WENT TO THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN CONNECTICUT AND HAS SOME MONEY IN THE SANDY SUPPLEMENTAL TO REBUILD SOME...
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| 00:26:04 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
I WERE WATCHING THIS AND WANTED TO ATTACH NAMES, WHERE CAN I GO AS FAR AS DATA BASES AND INFORMATION AND HOW TRANSPARENT IS IT CURRENTLY? GUEST: NOT...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
TRANSPARENT BECAUSE BASICALLY THE BILL COMES OUT AS A COMPLETED WHOLE. WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE NORMAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AT LEAST IN A TRADITIONAL...
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| 00:27:02 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TWITTER SAYS EVERY BILL SHOULD BE A STAND- ALONE BILL. OUR NEXT CALL IS FROM VIRGINIA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. REBECCA.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I LIVE ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. WE WERE AFFECTED. PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES. ONLY A FEW. MACDONALD TRIED HIS BEST TO GET...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER. IF IT IS A A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFECTED OR AN INDIVIDUAL IS EFFECTED, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS A LOT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND NOBODY WILL KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT. GUEST: THERE
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
ARE PROVISIONS WHERE THEY PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE VARIOUS AGENCY INSPECTORS GENERAL THAT MANTRA THE FUNDING. IT IS AN ISSUE. WE SAW A LOT OF WASTE AFTER...
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| 00:30:37 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NORMA, ARE YOU THERE? LET'S MOVE ON TO BOB ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I AM
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CALLER, -
A REPUBLICAN, BUT I AM NOT CLOSED MINDED LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE CALLING IN. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE BILL, MONEY FOR VICTIMS OF THE STORM, NOBODY...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
TO SCRUB THIS BILL. LEVITT THE RIGHT NUMBER IS $28 BILLION WHEN YOU ACCEPT THE FLOOD -- WHETHER THE RIGHT NUMBER IS $28 BILLION WHEN YOU ADD UP THE FLOOD...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE PROVISIONS AND FOR PUTTING THEM IN? GUEST: THERE IS A WAY TO
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
TRACK THE CHANGES BEING MADE. I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL I READ LAST NIGHT THAT ISAAC HAD BEEN ADDED IN ALONG WITH SANDY. THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD KNOW....
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CALLER, -
FOR TAKING MY CALL. AS FAR AS BEING A TAX IN THE UNITED STATES, MY CONCERN AS FAR AS MONEY IS APPROPRIATED FOR THE DISASTER BILL IS, WHAT ABOUT THE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OFF TOPIC, BUT YOU CAN COMMENT IF YOU WANT. GUEST: THAT IS SOMETHING
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY RECOGNIZE THE OPTICS LOOK BAD IF THEY ARE INCREASING THEIR SALARIES WHILE WE STILL HAVE 7.8%...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IS LARGE. A VIEWER ASKED ABOUT BP OIL SPILL VICTIMS. ANYTHING FOR THEM? GUEST: NOT IN MY RECOLLECTION. CALLER: WE ARE AT A
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CALLER, -
POINT WHERE WE WILL HAVE MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS TAKING ISSUE WITH MORE EXTREME REPUBLICANS. GOVERNOR CHRISTIE IS MORE MAINSTREAM RELATIVE TO THE TEA...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
GUEST: BOTH PARTIES ARE GOING TOWARD POLLS. THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IS GOING MORE TOWARDS THE RIGHT WING AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE IS GOING MORE...
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CALLER, -
DO THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE? THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
GUEST: THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL PAY FOR THE STRUCTURE OR ANY KIND OF DAMAGE FOR WIND OR ANY OTHER NON-FLOOD RELATED DAMAGE. DID THE WIND BLOW AWFUL...
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CALLER, -
CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. WHEN DID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GO INTO THE INSURANCE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: THANK YOU. I WANT TO ADD ROBERT'S TWEET. WHY IS DISASTER RELIEF BEAVIS POSSIBILITY OF FEDERAL TAXPAYERS? GUEST:-- RELIEF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAXPAYERS?...
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
WERE SOME PROVISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE IN HARM'S WAY TO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE. WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THOSE PROVISIONS IN THE...
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| 00:41:28 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO THIS BILL, WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA? GUEST: THEY ARE GOING
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Ellis, Stephen - Vice President
TO BRING A BILL TO THE FLOOR. JUST YESTERDAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE INTRODUCED IT. THAT IS $17 BILLION. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE, THEY HAVE A BREAK DOWN. STEPHEN ELLIS SERVES AS THEIR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. COMING UP,...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.