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PERCENTAGE OF G.D.P. BEFORE
THERE WAS MEDICARE, WHICH MEANS
THAT MEDICARE IS OVER ONCE THAT
PASSES.
MR. TONKO.
I DIDN'T HEAR -- I
DIDN'T HEAR THE ADVOCACY ABOUT
PAYING OUR BILL BUT CUTTING AWAY
AT MIDDLE CLASS VALUES AND
NEEDS, I DIDN'T HEAR THE DEFAULT
CRISIS IN PAYING OUR BILL.
WE ARE SAYING WE NEED TO RESPOND
TO A DEFAULT CRISIS AND WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT A JOBS AGENDA.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ONE JOBS BILL IN
THE HOUSE BROUGHT FORTH AND THAT
IS A MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE THE
JOBS CRISIS WHEN RESOLVED
INVESTING IN JOBS, SO --
COULD YOU YIELD
FOR JUST A MOMENT?
CERTAINLY.
YOU HAVE MOVED TO
A SUBJECT THAT WE WANT TO GET TO
WHICH IS JOBS.
IF I COULD SAY ONE
THING.
WHEN WE FALL SHORT ON THE
MEDICAID SIDE, IT FALLS UPON A
PROPERTY TAXPAYER AND IF YOU ARE
ON A FIXED INCOME AND MANY
SENIORS ARE AND DISPROPORTIONATE
NUMBER OF WOMEN IN HOUSEHOLDS IN
THE SENIOR YEARS ARE GOING TO BE
IMPACTED BY A PROPERTY TAX THAT
WHEN LEVIED ON THAT HOME DOESN'T
KNOW IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED, ON
FIXED INCOME OR UNDEREMPLOYED,
SO IT WILL BE HITTING A RETIREY
ON FIXED INCOME VERY, VERY HARD.
WE ARE TRANSFERRING FROM A
PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAXES AND
TAXES ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON
OVER TO A STATE SITUATION WHERE
IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO THE
PROPERTY TAX.
INDIVIDUALS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS
PUT UP WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MEDICARE, IT WAS 1965.
THIS IS A TOMBSTONE AND IT SAYS
MEDICARE, 1965 TO 2007, CREATED
BY L.B.J., DESTROYED BY THE
G.O.P.
WE HAD THREE VOTES TO
END MEDICARE.
THREE VOTES TO
END MEDICARE IN THE NEW
CONGRESS, THREE VOTES BY THE
REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE PUT UP
THREE DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT
TERMINATE MEDICARE AS WE KNOW
IT.
TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO
THE JOB CREATORS.
TO THE JOB
CREATORS, YOU MUST MEAN THOSE
WEALTHY FOLKS.
MILLIONAIRE,
BILLIONAIRE TAX CUT THAT
RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF THE JOB
CREATORS.
WE HAVE BEEN
JOINED BY AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE
GREAT STATE OF VERMONT, WHO HAS
SPOKEN MANY TIMES ON THIS FLOOR
DO.
MR. PETER WELCH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE IN A VERY SERIOUS
SITUATION NOW.
WE ARE 11 DAYS AWAY FROM PERHAPS
THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
THIS COUNTRY NOT PAYING OUR
BILLS.
AND IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY
DAMAGING WHAT THAT WILL DO TO
OUR ECONOMY.
INTEREST RATES WILL GO UP.
1% INCREST IN OUR DEBT SERVICE
AND $140 BILLION MORE TO SERVICE
THE DEBT.
I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU HAVE A
NANCY PELOSI POINT OF VIEW THAT
WE COULD USE THAT MONEY BETTER
ON INFRASTRUCTURE OR ERIC CANTOR
POINT OF VIEW THAT YOU COULD USE
IT FOR TAX CUTS, THAT IS MONEY
OUT THE DOOR.
THAT IS SQUANERED MONEY.
AND THE A.A.A. RATING IS
ENORMOUS AND STARTS HURTING
PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS.
YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE, MORTGAGE
RATES COULD GO UP.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY A CAR AND
BORROW MONEY, YOUR RATES ARE
GOING TO GO UP.
IF YOU PUT ASIDE MONEY FOR YOUR
KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE, WHICH WE
KNOW IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
THE MARKETS WILL CREATE TURMOIL
AND WILL TAKE A HIT.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS, ABOUT TO
RETIRE AND BEEN SAVING A ALL
YOUR LIFE, THAT CAN GET WHACKED.
THIS IS RECKLESS AND
WE HAVE TO PAY OUR BILLS.
NOW, IT IS TRUE THAT WE HAVE A
LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGE.
THAT REQUIRES A LONG-TERM FISCAL
PLAN.
BUT FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY, LITERALLY HOLDING
HOSTAGE OUR OBLIGATION TO PAY
OUR BILLS TO GETTING YOUR WAY ON
YOUR DESIGN OF HOW WE SHOULD
HAVE A LONG-TERM FISCAL PLAN,
THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
IN THE PAST, BOTH SIDES HAVE
TENDED TO GRANDSTAND WHEN IT
COMES TO THE DEBT CEILING.
THE TRADITION HAS BEEN THAT THE
PARTY OUT OF POWER AND DOESN'T
HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GET
THE DEBT CEILING PASSED TO PAY
OUR BILLS GRAND STANDS ABOUT IT
BUT NEITHER SIDE HAS EVER HELD
IT HOSTAGE.
RONALD REAGAN, WHO WAS NOT AT
ALL SHY ABOUT ENGAGING IN TAX
FIGHTS AND BUDGET FIGHTS,
RAISED THE DEBT CEILING HE
NEVER WOULD USE THE FULL FAITH
AND CREDIT OF THIS COUNTRY TO
WIN HIS BATTLES BECAUSE HE KNEW
THAT WOULD CAUSE TOO MUCH HARM
TO THE ECONOMY.
IT'S PUTTING A LOADED GUN TO
THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
WE HAVE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE
BASICS HERE.
WE HAVE TO PAY OUR BILLS.
MY HOPE IS THAT THEN WE WOULD
WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE TO CUT MEDICARE TO GET TO
FISCAL SOLVENCY.
WE DO HAVE TO REFORM THE WAY WE
DELIVER HEALTH CARE AND REFORM
THE COST OF HEALTH CARE BUT IF
WE HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH
WHERE WE INCLUDE REVENUES, WE
INCLUDE THE PENTAGON AND WE AS
DEMOCRATS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD
ON VARIOUS SPENDING PROGRAMS
AND HAVE SHARED IN THE EFFORT
TO GET OURSELVES TO FISCAL
SOLVENCY, WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN
MAKE PROGRESS IF WE WORK
TOGETHER AND JUST RECOGNIZE THE
OBVIOUS, WE'VE GOT TO PAY OUR
BILLS AND WE HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO GET A LONG-TERM
FISCAL PLAN.
PETER, AS WE
STAND HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE DEBATING AN
EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT
MOMENT OF TIME ABOUT THE
DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO,
THIS ISSUE OF PAYING OUR BILLS,
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT
WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE
IS NOT TOMORROW'S BILLS, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT EXPENDITURES THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS.
DATING BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND
EVEN BEFORE WORLD WAR II,
EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE, BOTH BY MAJORITY OF THIS
HOUSE AND BY THE SENATE, SIGNED
BY THE PRESIDENT, AMERICA
DECIDED TO SPEND THE MONEY.
EARLIER, I PUT UP A CHART HERE
TALKING ABOUT WHERE IT CAME
FROM.
THIS HOUSE.
AND GEORGE W. BUSH, VOTED TO
REDUCE TAXES.
CREATED A DEFICIT.
HAD TO BORROW MONEY.
VOTED TO CARRY OUT TWO WARS,
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.
BORROWED MONEY TO DO IT.
THESE ARE PAST EXPENDITURES.
HERE WE ARE, DAYS AWAY FROM THE
DEFAULT CRISIS, WHERE OUR
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS ARE USING
THIS MOMENT IN TIME, WHERE
WE'RE NOT REALLY DISCUSSING
TOMORROW'S EXPENDITURES, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY'S
EXPENDITURES AND THEY'RE
SAYING, GIVE US OUR WAY OUR
ELSE AMERICA DEFAULTS.
REPRESENTATIVE
GARAMENDI, I THINK THE MESSAGE
FROM THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES IS
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND LOGICAL.
WE SAID SAVE
MEDICARE, MAKE IT STRONGER.
THEN WE TALK ABOUT CUTTING,
CUTTING PROGRAMS THAT DON'T
CREATE JOBS.
DO THOSE CUTS WHERE THERE'S NO
JOBS CREATED.
WHERE THERE ARE, SAVE THOSE
PROGRAMS, STRENGTHEN THEM,
PROVIDE FOR JOBS BY INVESTING
IN EDUCATION, IN INNOVATION,
AND IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT'S VERY EASY WHEN YOU
TAKE THE EDUCATION INVESTMENT,
THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
AND CERTAINLY THE EDUCATION
INVESTMENT THAT EQUALS JOBS FOR
MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
IF WE CREATE JOBS, IT DRIVES
DOWN THE UNEMPLOYMENT FACTOR,
DRIVES DOWN THE DEFICIT.
AND THERE'S NO STRONGER FORM OF
MEDICINE ON EARTH THAN JOBS
BEING CREATED.
IT SOLVES A REVENUE CRISIS, IT
SOLVES A DEFICIT CRISIS, IT
SOLVES A SPENDING CRISIS.
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE
CORRELATED DIRECTLY WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT.
THERE'S A NEED TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF THE UNEMPLOYED, THE
POOR, IF YOU'RE PUTTING PEOPLE
TO WORK, IF YOU INVEST IN
TRAINING AND RETRAINING
PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, IF YOU
INVEST IN R&D, GROW, MOVE IDEAS
ALONG INTO A MANUFACTURING
MODE, THEN MAKE IT IN AMERICA,
THESE ARE THE VALUES THAT WE
EMBRACE AS THE PARTY IN THE
HOUSE AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A
REFRESHING MESSAGE, ONE THAT
REALLY GETS TO SOMETHING HERE
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE
SPEAKING TO THE DEFAULT CRISIS.
THIS IS HOW WE RESOLVE THAT
DEFAULT CRISIS.
DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THE
OBLIGATION, THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO PAY OUR BILLS.
AS YOU SAID, TWO WARS, A
PHARMACEUTICAL PART D MEDICARE
AND MILLIONAIRE AND BILLIONAIRE
TAX CUTS, WERE ALL SPENT.
ALL FORMS OF SPENDING.
ALL OF THAT WAS BORROWED.
IN ORDER TO SPEND ON TAX CUTS.
AND NOW THE BILLS HAVE COME
HOME TO BE PAID.
IT HAPPENED A DECADE AGO.
DOESN'T MATTER.
THERE'S BILLS THAT HAVE TO BE
PAID.
WE CANNOT PUT THE ECONOMIC
VITALITY AND VIABILITY OF THIS
NATION AT RISK OF TRIGGER AN
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
BY NOT PAYING OUR BILLS SYSTEM
OF WE ADDRESS THE DEFAULT
CRISIS, WE SAVE MEDICARE AND
STRENGTHEN MEDICARE AND WE HAVE
A FORMULA OF INNOVATION,
EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT EQUALS JOBS FOR AMERICANS,
WORKING FAMILIES, FOR MIDDLE
CLASS AMERICANS.
IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE KEPT HEARING
FROM OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
THAT WHAT AMERICA NEEDS IS A
CUT, BALANCE -- HOW DOES THAT
WORK?
I DON'T KNOW,S OF
MESSING WITH THE CONSTITUTION
AND "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
ADVISED, DON'T MESS WITH THE
CONSTITUTION, LEAVE THE
CONSTITUTION OUT OF THIS.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
ECONOMIC ADVISORS -- WHO WERE
ECONOMIC ADVISORS TO PRESIDENT
REAGAN WHO SAID, THIS IS
FRIGHTENING.
SO NO ONE TOOK THAT SERIOUSLY.
WE SPENT HOURS HERE DEBATING ON
THE FORMAT, TO ADJUST THE
CONSTITUTION AND SOME OF THE
BEST MINDS WHO HAVE WORKED IN
GOVERNMENT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW,
FROM VERY CONSERVATIVE
PERSPECTIVES, HAVE SAID, THIS
WAS A PAESFUL MEASURE.
WE HEARD IT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, IT WAS CUT,
BALANCE -- IT WAS CUT -- WHAT I
KEPT HEARING IS CUT, SLASH, AND
BURN.
THEY'RE GOING TO CUT AND SLASH
CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS.
I THINK WHAT AMERICANS REALLY
WANT, REALLY, REALLY WANT, THEY
WANT -- MR. TONKO: THEY WANT
JOBS.
THEY WANT AN
INVEST, GROW AND BUILD POLICY.
POLICY.
THEY WANT TO INVEST IN
EDUCATION.
THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO HAVE AN
EDUCATION.
THEY WANT TO BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEE THE
ECONOMY GROW.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU START CUTTING, SLASHING AND
BURNING.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY, BEGINNING IN
DECEMBER OF 2009, JUST START
RIGHT THERE.
JUST SAY THAT'S THE EQUILIBRIUM
POINT, NOT A GOOD DAY AT ALL IN
AMERICA, A LOT OF JOBS NOT
AVAILABLE.
BUT WE'VE SEEN 2.8 MILLION JOBS
CREATED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE HAVE SEEN
CUT, SLASH, AND BURN AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL AS THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL
AND PUT IN THEIR CONTINUING
RESOLUTIONS AND REDUCED THE
FEDERAL BUDGET AND AT THE STATE
LEVEL AND WE'VE SEEN 378,000
JOBS LOST IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
POLICE, FIREMEN, PEOPLE THAT
ARE OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT
OUR FOOD IS SAFE AND SO FORTH.
SO HERE'S THE REALITY, AS WE'RE
SEEING THE GOVERNMENT JOBS GO
DOWN, FOR EVERY 100 GOVERNMENT
JOBS CUT, 30 PRIVATE SECTOR
JOBS ARE LOST BECAUSE THOSE
PEOPLE DEPEND UPON THE PAYROLL
FROM THOSE GOVERNMENT JOBS.
THE SIMPSON-BOWLES DEAF SHIP --
DEFICIT COMMISSION SAID IT
CLEARLY.
THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO SOLVE THE DEFICIT
OVER THE LONG-TERM.
WE CANNOTENED AN SHOULD NOT
SOLVE IT WITH IMMEDIATE CUTS
BECAUSE IT WILL IMPAIR THE
RECOVERY OF AMERICA.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE'RE SEEING GROWTH IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR RETARDED AS THE
PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCES.
THIS IS THE EFFECT OF THE CUT,
SLASH, AND BURN STRATEGY THAT
OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WANT
TO PUT FORWARD.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON IN VERMONT?
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WE IN VERMONT DON'T HAVE A
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WE'RE THE ONLY STATE THAT
DOESN'T HAVE IT.
WE ALWAYS MANAGED TO BALANCE
OUR BUDGET.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT WHEN WE HAD
REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS AND
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS.
THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
IN CONGRESS, I THINK, HAS SOME
HAZARDS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AT CERTAIN TIMES IS
THE ONE TOOL THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE
COUNTERCYCLICAL.
IF THE ECONOMY IS GOING DOWN
AND REQUIRES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP TO
MAINTAIN PURCHASING POWER,
THAT'S DEBATABLE BUT IT'S THE
ONLY -- THE ONLY TOOL THAT WE
HAVE AS CITIZENS IS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT.
WHAT I THINK THE BALANCED
BUDGET AMENDMENT SUGGESTS IS
THAT YOU CAN LEGISLATE AWAY
YOUR FUTURE PROBLEMS.
YOU CAN COME UP WITH A FIX
THAT'S GOING TO GUARANTEE
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO
SUFFER THROUGH TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO SOLVE VERY DIFFICULT
PROBLEMS.
EITHER BECAUSE OF THE NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT, IT'S A
COLLAPSE IN THE ECONOMY LIKE WE
HAD WITH THE COLLAPSE OF WALL
STREET.
AND BY AND LARGE, IT'S NOT ANY
WAY FOR US TO AVOID MAKING
DIRECT AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS
WHERE WE BALANCE OUR REVENUE
NEEDS AND WE BALANCE OUR
SPENDING NEEDS.
BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT'S THE CONSTANT WORK IN
CONGRESS THAT REQUIRES THE
APPLICATION AND JUDGMENT,
REQUIRES COOPERATION AND
REQUIRES THE ABILITY TO BE
FLEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXIST.
A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT IS
A ONE SIZE FITS ALL THAT PUTS
US IN HANDCUFFS IN AN EFFORT TO
TRY TO AVOID GETTING OUT OF
BALANCE.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. WELCH.
I NOTICED THAT ON MY LEFT SIDE,
OUR COLLEAGUE, MR. PERLMUTTER
FROM COLORADO, HAS JOINED US
AND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME,
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM THE GREAT
STATE OF OHIO, MS. SUTTON.
LET ME TURN TO MR. PERLMUTTER,
OF COLORADO.
THANK YOU, MR.
GARAMENDI.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED ON THE REAL ISSUE IN
FRONT OF US.
THE BEST WAY, WE HAVE SOME
BUDGET ISSUES BUT THE BEST WAY
TO HANDLE OUR DEBT IS TO PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
THE QUICKEST WAY TO REDUCE THE
DEBT OR THE DEFICIT IS TO PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE
REVENUE COMING IN AND YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY SO MUCH
COBRA AND DON'T HAVE TO PAY SO
MUCH MEDICAID.
THAT'S THE FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS PLUS IT REALLY MAKES
PEOPLE FEEL VALUABLE.
ANYBODY KNOWS THAT A JOB GIVES
YOU DIGNITY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR,
A GOOD JOB TO CARE FOR YOUR
FAMILIES, TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE
FOR THE FUTURE, THAT'S WHAT
WE'VE GOT TO DO HERE.
DEMOCRATS, OUR FORMULA IS
INNOVATE, EDUCATION, REBUILD
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE EQUALS JOBS,
EQUALS GOOD JOBS THAT ARE LONG
LASTING THAT PEOPLE CAN RELY
ON.
THAT THEY CAN WORK, YOU KNOW
AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR
LIVINGS AND THE FUTURE FOR
THEIR FAMILY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE SAID AS DEMOCRATS IS IF
WE MAKE IT IN AMERICA, WE WILL
MAKE IT IN AMERICA.
INSTEAD OF SENDING JOBS
OVERSEAS, LET'S HAVE THEM HERE.
WE HAVE THE FINEST PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD, SOME OF THE MOST
TALENTED AND SKILLED PEOPLE
ANYWHERE, WE NEED TO BE MAKING
THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY.
IN COLORADO, FOR INSTANCE, ONE
OF THE PLACES WHERE WE CAN SEE
THESE JOBS IS IN OUR ENERGY
SECTOR, BOTH IN TRADITIONAL
ENERGY, OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO IN NEW
ENERGY, YOU KNOW, ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY,
SOLAR, WIND, BIOMASS, NEW JOBS,
GOOD JOBS, AND SO, YOU KNOW,
ALL THIS BUDGET TALK, ALL THIS
BALANCED BUDGET STUFF THAT I
THINK DOES A REAL DAMAGE TO THE
CONSTITUTION, THAT SHOULD BE
GOING TO THE SIDE.
WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON PUTTING
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WITH GOOD
JOBS THAT LAST A LONG TIME.
WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK TO MY
FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA.
LET'S GET
OURSELVES INTO A GREAT
DISCUSSION.
THE GREAT MIDWEST, OHIO, THE
INDUSTRIAL CENTER OF AMERICA
BEING REBUILT BY BETTY SUTTON.
MS. SUTTON.
THANK YOU AND THANK
YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING
DOWN HERE, FIGHTING THE FIGHT
OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT US TO
IN MY DISTRICT, PEOPLE'S NUMBER
ONE PRIORITY IS PUTTING PEOPLE
BACK TO WORK.
AS REPRESENTATIVE PERLMUTTER
STATE SOD ELOQUENTLY, IT IS
ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T WANT A LOT FROM
THEIR GOVERNMENT BUT THEY DO
WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT WILL
WORK WITH THEMENED FOR THEM AND
ENABLE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE
PLAY THAT ROLE THAT WILL HELP
GROW OUR ECONOMY, INVEST IN
INFRASTUR -- INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT PUTS PEOPLE BACK TO WORK,
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR OUR
MANUFACTURERS.
I COME FROM A PLACE WHERE WE
HAVE A STRONG MANUFACTURING
BASE.
IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN TREATED
FAIRLY.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF UNFAIR TRADE
DEALS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED
THAT HAVE HURT THE PEOPLE I
REPRESENT AND WE'VE HAD A LOT
OF POLICIES THAT FRANKLY JUST
DIDN'T DO THEM WELL.
AND WE CAN DO BETTER.
BUT HERE WE ARE, 200-SOMETHING
DAYS INTO THIS NEW CONGRESS
UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AND
NOT A SINGLE JOBS PLAN TO COME
BEFORE THIS BODY.
IT IS QUITE AMAZING TO THINK
ABOUT.
INSTEAD, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING
ABOUT?
IMPOSING A BUDGET THAT ENDS
MEDICARE AND PROTECTS THE VERY
TAX BREAKS THAT END UP SHIPPING
OUR JOBS OVERSEAS.
I'M REALLY PROUD TO STAND HERE
WITH YOU TONIGHT AND WORK ON
THOSE POLICIES THAT WILL PUT
AMERICA BACK TO WORK.
THAT WILL STRENGTHEN NOT ONLY
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BUT OUR
ECONOMY WHICH WILL KEEP OUR
PLACE IN THIS WORLD AS LEADERS.
AND SO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I
HOPE THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE WILL
GET FOCUSED ON WHAT AMERICA
NEEDS AND THAT IS JOBS, JOBS,
AND JOBS.
AND WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY.
WE CAN DEAL WITH THE DEFICIT,
WE SHOULD DEAL WITH THE DEFICIT
BUT THE KINDS OF CUTS THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT, ENDING MEDICARE,
TAKING THIS OUT OF OUR SENIORS
INSTEAD OF CUTTING THOSE TAX
BREAKS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR
THOSE OIL COMPANIES AND OTHERS,
AT THE VERY TOP THAT HAVE BEEN
A BURDEN TO OUR MIDDLE CLASS
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO
HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE,
LET'S FOCUS ON JOBS.
LET'S ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES
IN THE G.O.P. TO GET ON BOARD
AND START WORKING ON WHAT
AMERICA NEEDS AND THAT IS TO
PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK.
AND MAKE IT IN
AMERICA.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT.
S THAT GREAT, STRONG COUNTRY,
YESTERDAY, I HEARD DURING THE
DEBATE THAT WE'RE BROKE.
WE'RE NOT BROKE AT ALL.
WE'VE GOT A DEFICIT PROBLEM, WE
CAN DEAL WITH THAT WITH SOME
GOOD POLICIES WHEN WE PUT
PEOPLE TO WORK.
THIS IS AMERICA.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT IN
LOOK AT THAT THING THAT MR.
PERLMUTTER HAS OVER THERE,
TRADE POLICIES, WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT, TAXES, WE'RE
SPENDING OUR TAX MONEY ON
BUYING EQUIPMENT THAT'S MADE
OVERSEAS WHEN IT OUGHT TO BE
MADE IN OHIO, THE BUSES THE
TRAINS THE SOLAR PANEL THE WIND
TURBINES, HOW ABOUT DOING THOSE
IN COLORADO.
YOU HAVE A PLANT THERE.
. TALK TO ME ABOUT RESEARCH.
MR. TONKO, YOU COME FROM ONE OF
THE GREAT EARLY RESEARCH CENTERS
IN AMERICA.
THANK YOU,
REPRESENTATIVE GARAMENDI.
THE 21ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
I REPRESENT IS THE HOST
COMMUNITY TO THE BARGE CANAL AND
GAVE BIRTH TO MILL TOWNS THAT
BECAME THE CENTERS OF INVENTION
AND INNOVATION.
THAT SPIRIT IS FED IN OUR D.N.A.
IT'S WHY MY REGION IS ONE OF THE
TOP FIVE IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE
GROWTH OF GREEN-COLLARRED JOBS.
INNOVATION IS BEING ADVANCED AS
WE INVEST IN JOB CREATION.
NOT CUTTING PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE GOING AND
BUILDING UP PROGRAMS.
TAX CUTS FOR MILLIONAIRES?
THEY NEED THE DOLLARS FOR THAT.
CUTTING VALUABLE PROGRAMS.
I SPEAK TO THE DIGNITY FACTOR
FOR OUR SENIORS OR RESEVERE AND
DEVELOPMENT THAT GROWS JOBS.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE ON MESSAGE.
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.
YOU'LL RESOLVE THE DEFICIT
SITUATION, REVENUE SITUATION AND
SPENDING SITUATION.
WE ARE GOING TO
PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WITH A
CLEAN SNRG POLICY.
WE NEED A NATIONAL SECURITY
POLICY ON ENERGY.
AND I KNOW THAT PART OF THAT
SOLUTION IS GOING TO COME FROM
COLORADO WHERE THEY ARE DOING
THE RESEARCH WHERE THEY ARE
MAKING THIS EQUIPMENT AND FROM
MIDDLE AMERICA.
MR. PERLMUTTER, TELL US ABOUT
THE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN COLORADO.
TIME IS SHORT,
SO COLORADO, WE ARE VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE NATIONAL
RENEWABLE ENERGY LAB, WHICH IS
THE FINEST LAB OF ANY KIND IN
THE WORLD TO HELP US DEVELOP
WAYS TO BETTER USE OUR ENERGY.
A GALLON SAVED IS A GALLON
EARNED.
FOCUS ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY,
SOLAR, WIND, BIOMASS,
GEOTHERMAL.
THOSE ARE NEW JOBS AND TO BE
MORE EFFICIENT WITH TRADITIONAL
ENERGY SOURCES AND HOW WE USE
THEM AND EXTRACT THEM.
THIS IS ABOUT RESTORING THE
AMERICAN DREAM FOR PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE GOOD JOBS, A GOOD
EDUCATION, DIGNIFIED AND HELPING
THE LIVES OF SENIORS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO RESTORE
FOR AMERICA.
NOT ALL THIS GLOOM AND DOOM WE
ARE HEARING.
THIS IS ABOUT RESTORING THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
WE ARE GOING TO
GO AROUND AND WRAP AND START
WITH MS. SUTTON FROM OHIO.
YOU HAVE 37 SECONDS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING
THIS HOUR.
AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
DO MAKE IT IN AMERICA.
JOBS.
I HAVE A BILL RIGHT NOW THAT'S
PENDING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE
THE REPUBLICANS TO JOIN ME WITH
IN PASSING.
KEEP AMERICAN JOBS FROM GOING
DOWN THE DRAIN ACT.
IT JUST SAYS THAT AS WE REBUILD
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, WATER
AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE
DO IT WITH AMERICAN IRON AND
STEEL AND MANUFACTURED GOODS.
IT'S A JOBS BILL AND
STRENGTHENING BILL.
IT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA.
THIS IS A STRONG AND GREAT
COUNTRY AND I AGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, WE CAN DO BETTER BY
IT.
OUR COUNTRY IS STRONG
AND OUR ECONOMY IS ONE THAT IS
BOLSTERED BY JOB CREATION AND WE
SAID IT SO MANY TIMES OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
DON'T CUT VALUABLE PROGRAMS
MEDICARE.
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY,
VITALITY AND THAT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE INVEST FROM CHILDREN TO
SENIORS THAT PRODUCES JOBS AND
STRENGTHENS THE REGIONAL, STATE
AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES AND WE GO
FORWARD AND THE OPTIMISM IS
THERE.
OUR MESSAGE IS ONE OF CAN-DO,
NOT DENIAL, CUT, SLASH, BURN.
LET'S PAY OUR BILLS.
WE ALWAYS HAVE, WE ALWAYS WILL.
TWO, LET'S HAVE A LONG-TERM
BUDGET PLAN TO STABILIZE OUR
BUDGET WITH A BALANCED APPROACH,
RECEIVE NEWS AS WELL AS CUTS,
THE PENTAGON AS WELL AS
REFORMING HOW WE DELIVER HEALTH
CARE AND THREE, MAKE IT IN
AMERICA.
WE WILL MAKE IT
IN AMERICA AND WHEN WE DO, WE
WILL PUT A JOBS PROGRAM AND GROW
AND BUILD THIS ECONOMY.
THAT'S OUR PROMISE.
I YIELD BACK OUR TIME.
THE
CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE A
MESSAGE.
TO THE CONGRESS OF
THE UNITED STATES, SECTION 202-D
OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT
PROVIDES FOR THE AUTOMATIC
TERMINATION OF A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY UNLESS, PRIOR TO THE
ANNIVERSARY DATE OF ITS
DECLARATION, THE PRESIDENT
PUBLISHES IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER AND TRANSMITS TO THE
CONGRESS A NOTICE STATING THAT
THE EMERGENCY IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND THE ANNIVERSARY
DATE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
PROVISION I HAVE SENT THIS
ENCLOSED NOTICE TO THE FEDERAL
REGISTER FOR PUBLICATION STATING
THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND
RELATING MEASURES DEALING WITH
THE REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR ARE
TO CONTINUE.
THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF THE
FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT AND
OTHER PERSONS AND THEIR UNLAWFUL
DEPLETION OF LIBERIAN RESOURCES
AND SECRETING OF LIBERIAN FUNDS
AND PROPERTY CONTINUES TO
UNDERMINE ITS TRANSITION TO
DEMOCRACY AND ORDERLY
DEVELOPMENT OF ITS POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND
RESOURCES.
THESE ACTIONS AND POSE AN THREAT
TO THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
FOR THIS REASON I HAVE
DETERMINED IT IS NECESSARY TO
CONTINUE THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER
LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES
TAYLOR.
SIGNED BARACK OBAMA, THE WHITE
HOUSE HOUSE.
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ORDERED
PRINTED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
1, THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE