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AGREEMENT THAT WILL ENSURE THAT
WE DON'T GO THROUGH WHAT WOULD
BE A VERY DIFFICULT THING, THAT
WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT.
SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THE RULE AND I THANK MY
FRIEND FOR YIELDING.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK HIS TIME.
CAROLINA RESERVES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
YEAH.
MAY CONSUME, MR. SPEAKER.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA,
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RULES
ITINERARY FOR THE DAY.
I'M GLAD HE'S MEETING WITH THE
LEADERS OF MONGOLIA BECAUSE
THIS IS A BUDGET THAT THE
PEOPLE OF MONGOLIA WOULD LOVE
BECAUSE IT'S A TOUGH BUDGET ON
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
HE TALKS ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT
TO HELPING THE POOR IN THIS
COUNTRY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT
WHEN YOU CUT W.I.C., WHEN YOU
GO AFTER PELL GRANTS, WHEN YOU
GO AFTER LIHEAP, PROGRAMS THAT
WILL THE GENTLEMAN
YIELD?
I YIELD.
I THANK MY FRIEND
FOR YIELDING.
I MENTIONED THE
NONDISCRETIONARY SPENDING.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
INCREASES IN W.I.C., LIHEAP,
THE NOTION OF SLIGHTLY PARING
THAT BACK WILL IN NO WAY
JEOPARDIZE THE NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
I THANK MY FRIEND FOR YIELDING,
MR. SPEAKER.
TIME.
I WOULD JUST REMIND MY FRIEND.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE OVER 30,000
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY FASTING
IN PROTEST OF THE CUTS THAT
ADVERSELY IMPACT THE POOR.
OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, TONY HALL
FROM OHIO, JIM WALLACE, DAVID
BECKMAN ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE
FACT THAT THE CUTS IN THIS
BUDGET WILL BE DEVASTATING TO
THIS COUNTRY.
WHAT I SAID IN THE RULES
COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT, SOMETIMES
WE FORGET -- UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE REAL PEOPLE BEHIND
THESE CUTS AND PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE HURT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SACRIFICING ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT SACRIFICE.
YOU'RE NOT ASKING DONALD TRUMP
TO SACRIFICE.
YOU ARE NOT ASKING BIG OIL
COMPANIES TO SACRIFICE OR THESE
BIG AGRA BUSINESSES TO CUT CORN
IT FOCUSES ON POOR PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN IN THE MINDS
OF MY REPUBLICANS THAT AVERAGE
WORKING PEOPLE AND PEOPLE
VULNERABLE BECAME THE BAD GUYS.
IT WAS RECKLESS WALL STREET
BEHAVIOR THAT CREATED THIS
FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THEY GET
EVERYTHING AND EVERYDAY PEOPLE
GET NOTHING HE EXCEPT A BILL.
IT'S WRONG.
YIELD FOUR MINUTES TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY, MR.
ANDREWS.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR MINUTES.
CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND --
I ASK UNANIMOUS
REMARKS.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
AS WE MEET THIS
MORNING THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THE JOBS
CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT
WORRIED THAT THEY'RE NEXT.
LAST WEEK THE WELCOMED NEWS
CAME THAT LAST MONTH THE
ECONOMY HAD CREATED ABOUT A
QUARTER OF A MILLION NEW
PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS.
THAT'S A GOOD START BUT IT'S
NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.
SHUTTING THE GOVERNMENT DOWN
JUST WHEN THE ECONOMY'S
STARTING IT BACK ON ITS FEET
WOULD BE THE WORST POSSIBLE
MISTAKE.
WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS GONE THREE QUARTERS OF THE
WAY TOWARD THE MAJORITY PARTY
TO SETTLE THIS MATTER.
DIDN'T MEET HALFWAY.
HE'S GONE THREE QUARTERS OF THE
WAY, BUT THEY WON'T GO THE FULL
WAY BECAUSE THERE'S A FIGHT
HERE ABOUT VALUES.
THIS IS A FIGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU
VALUE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
HOUSE, WE VALUE MEDICARE.
WE BELIEVE THAT AFTER SOMEONE'S
WORKED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE AND
PAID TAXES INTO THAT MEDICARE
FUND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
TO WORRY, THAT A TRIP TO THE
RADIOLOGIST WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
A TRIP TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.
THIS IS WHAT MEDICARE
ACCOMPLISHED FOR OUR MOMS AND
OUR DADS AND OUR GRANDPARENTS.
IT SAID THAT AFTER A LIFETIME
OF HARD WORK, IF YOU HAVE
MEDICAL WORRIES THEY'LL JUST BE
MEDICAL WORRIES, NOT FINANCIAL
WORRIES BECAUSE MEDICARE WILL
PAY THE BILL.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE NOT
DESTROYING MEDICARE, THEY'RE
SAVING IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
REALLY DOING.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
TODAY IF A SENIOR GOES TO THE
RADIOLOGIST OF HER CHOICE,
MEDICARE PAYS MOST OF THE BILL
AND SHE PAYS A LITTLE BIT OF
IT.
SHE DECIDES WHAT DOCTOR TO
PICK.
SHE AND THE DOCTOR DECIDES WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT AND NO PRIVATE
INSURANCE COMPANY GETS IN THE
WAY.
MEDICARE PAYS THE BILL.
WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS TO
END THAT SYSTEM.
NOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN UNDER
THEIR PLAN IS THAT THE TAXES
THAT WE PAY INTO THE MEDICARE
FUND WILL ALL BE PAID TO HEALTH
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SO WE WILL TRUST THE GOOD HANDS
THAT SO GENTLY GUIDE OUR HEALTH
CARE IN THE HEALTH CARE
INDUSTRY, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE
MONEY, ALL OF IT AND TRUST THEM
TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THE
HEALTH OF AMERICA'S SENIOR
CITIZENS.
THAT IS THE WRONG THING TO DO
WITH THE HEALTH OF AMERICA'S
SENIOR CITIZENS.
THERE IS A FIGHT HERE ABOUT
VALUES.
TAKE PLACE.
WE SHOULD SETTLE THE BUDGET
FIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT'S GONE THREE
QUARTERS OF THE WAY TO THE
REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL.
SETTLE IT TODAY ON THAT BASIS.
BUT BY ALL MEANS, WE WILL NEVER
YIELD, WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE,
WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE THE POINT
THAT MEDICARE SHOULD BE
REPLACED BY PRIVATE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
HAS SAID IN ANALYZING CHAIRMAN
RYAN'S PROPOSAL THAT THE
OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH CARE COSTS
FOR MOST RETIREES IN AMERICA
WILL GO UP.
THIS ISN'T SPENDING REFORM.
THIS IS HAVING SOMEONE ELSE
PICK UP THE TAB.
THE HOSPITALS AREN'T GOING TO
CHARGE LESS.
THE DOCTORS AREN'T GOING TO
CHARGE LESS.
THE SENIORS ARE GOING TO PAY
MORE TO GET THAT COVERAGE AND
HE OR SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
GO ASK PERMISSION FROM AN
INSURANCE COMPANY AS TO WHAT
RADIOLOGIST THEY CAN SEE.
THEN, THE RADIOLOGIST WILL HAVE
TO ASK PERMISSION FOR WHAT TEST
HE OR SHE CAN ORDER.
MEDICARE'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT
WORKS.
DEFEAT THE UNDERLYING BILL.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS RESERVES.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
I NOW YIELD ONE MINUTE TO
SPEAKER BOEHNER.
GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO, THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, IS
RECOGNIZED.
I WANT TO THANK
THE GENTLELADY FOR YIELDING.
THE HOUSE IS PREPARING TO PASS
A RESPONSIBLE TROOP FUNDING
BILL THAT WOULD FUND THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THROUGH
SEPTEMBER.
IT WOULD ALSO CUT SPENDING BY
AN ADDITIONAL $12 BILLION AND
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING FOR
AN ADDITIONAL WEEK.
THERE'S NO POLICY REASON FOR
THE SENATE TO OPPOSE THIS
RESPONSIBLE TROOP FUNDING BILL
THAT KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT
RUNNING.
IT REFLECT A BICAMERAL,
BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT THAT WAS
REACHED IN DECEMBER REGARDING
THE TROOP FUNDING BILL.
AND NO SENATOR HAS OBJECTED TO
THE POLICY IN THIS BILL.
I THINK IT'S PAST TIME THAT WE
GET THIS RESPONSIBLE TROOP
FUNDING BILL ENACTED,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE U.S. HAS
BECOME ENGAGED IN A THIRD WAR.
TO SUPPORT JOB CREATION IN
AMERICA, WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE
REAL SPENDING CUTS.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON
COMMONSENSE POLICY RESTRICTIONS
WHEN IT COMES TO HOW TAXPAYER
DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
TALKS TO RESOLVE LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET ARE PROGRESSING, BUT
THERE IS NO AGREEMENT YET.
NO AGREEMENT ON NUMBERS AND NO
AGREEMENT ON THE UNDERLYING
POLICIES THAT WERE PASSED BY
THIS CHAMBER.
NOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT
NO ONE WANTS A SHUTDOWN, AND
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO POLICY
REASON FOR THE SENATE NOT TO
FOLLOW THE HOUSE IN TAKING
THESE RESPONSIBLE STEPS TO
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND TO KEEP
OUR GOVERNMENT OPEN.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA RESERVES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
I THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND I APPRECIATE THE
WORDS OF THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE, BUT I WOULD REMIND MY
COLLEAGUES THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY IT
NEEDS TO INCLUDE AS WELL THE
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
SENIOR CITIZENS HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE
INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THOSE
THINGS ARE PART OF OUR NATIONAL
SO WE ALL SUPPORT FUNDING OUR
TROOPS, BUT WE DON'T SUPPORT A
RECKLESS POLICIES THAT ARE
AIMED AT UNDERCUTTING PROGRAMS
LIKE MEDICARE AND PUTTING OUR
SENIOR CITIZENS AT A
MORE AND GET LESS.
I MEAN, THIS IS AN IDEOLOGICAL
BATTLE THAT WE ARE
UNFORTUNATELY ENGAGED IN WHERE
MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS BELIEVE
THAT MEDICARE SHOULD BE ENDED
AS WE KNOW IT.
MEDICARE AS WE KNOW IT, THEY
WANT TO END.
IT IS CLEAR, AND I -- IF ANYONE
DOUBTS THAT, I WILL TELL MY
COLLEAGUES, READ THE BILL, READ
THE STEP THAT IS COMING OUT OF
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
READ THE BILL.
ANYBODY THAT DOUBTS THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE TARGETING
MEDICARE, LOOK AT WHAT THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE IS DOING.
IT WILL BE THERE IN BLACK AND
WHITE WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED.
IT WILL BE THERE AND IT STATES
UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT MEDICARE AS
WE KNOW IT WILL BE ENDED.
SENIOR CITIZENS, ACCORDING TO
THE C.B.O., WILL PAY MORE AND
GET LESS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I THINK THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.
I WOULD JUST REMIND MY
COLLEAGUES THAT AS A NEW POLL
THAT CAME OUT, 66% OF SENIORS
REJECT THE PLANS TO END
MEDICARE AS WE KNOW IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU
INTERPRET THE RESULTS OF THE
LAST ELECTION TO GO AFTER
MEDICARE AND SENIORS' HEALTH
CARE I THINK YOU MISREAD THE
RESULTS OF THE LAST ELECTION.
THE LAST ELECTION WAS ABOUT
JOBS.
WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER
AND PROTECT JOBS AND HELP
CREATION OF MORE JOBS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
YOU WANT TO END THE DEFICIT,
PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
HERE WE ARE IN APRIL AND YET
YOU HAVE YET TO BRING ONE
SINGLE BILL TO THIS FLOOR THAT
HELPS CREATE JOBS AND HELPS
PROTECT JOBS.
WE NEED TO -- MY FRIENDS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE NEED TO
KIND OF RE-EVALUATE THEIR
PRIORITIES HERE.
LET'S GET BACK TO WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT, A STRONG
ECONOMY AND GOOD JOBS.
TIME.
THE
RESERVES.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE GENTLEMAN
FROM MASSACHUSETTS IF HE IS
READY TO CLOSE.
I AM NOT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS.
THEN I'LL RESERVE,
MR. SPEAKER.
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA
RESERVES.
MR. SPEAKER, AT
THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO YIELD TWO
MINUTES TO THE RANKING MEMBER
OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
-- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE,
MR. DICKS.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
MR. SPEAKER, HOW
MUCH TIME IS LEFT?
6 1/2
MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS HAS 6 1/2
MINUTES.
I YIELD HIM TWO
MINUTES.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY
REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
YESTERDAY WE MET IN
THE RULES COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS
THIS POTENTIAL C.R., AND THE
POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS
I FELT THAT A CLEAN C.R. -- I
WISH THE GENTLEMAN FROM
CALIFORNIA WERE HERE -- BUT A
CLEAN C.R. WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME,
ESPECIALLY IF WE GET AN
AGREEMENT BECAUSE THAT WAY THE
PRESIDENT CAN SIGN THE CLEAN
C.R. WHICH WOULD KEEP FUNDING
FOR THE TROOPS.
I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT, AS
THE RANKING MEMBER ON DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS.
BUT THIS C.R. IS TROUBLED IN
THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL VETO IT.
I ALSO BELIEVE IT WON'T BE
PASSED IN THE SENATE.
SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
WHY ARE WE WASTING TIME HERE
WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE -- BE
FOCUSED ON GETTING A CLEAN C.R.
THROUGH WHICH THE PRESIDENT
SAID HE WOULD SIGN THAT WOULD
ALLOW A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR
NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS AGREEMENT?
NOW, WE HAVE GOT TO GET AN
AGREEMENT.
THE IDEA OF SHUTTING DOWN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN IS JUST THE WORST
POSSIBLE IDEA.
GOLDMAN SACHS SAYS YOU'LL LOSE
OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THIS WILL HURT -- THIS WILL BE
-- WILL PUT -- LAY PEOPLE OFF.
WHETHER THEY'LL GET REIMBURSED
OR NOT IS A MAJOR QUESTION FOR
THOSE WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO
BE VITAL, AND I THINK ALL
WORKERS ARE VITAL, BUT WHO ARE
NOT IN AN ESSENTIAL KIND OF
JOB.
NOW, WE TALKED YESTERDAY TO THE
F.A.A.
THEY WILL KEEP OPERATING.
WE HAVE TROOPS IN THE FIELD.
IF WE DID A CLEAN C.R. THEY
WOULD BE PAID, AS I MENTIONED
BEFORE.
TIME.
EVERY OUNCE OF EFFORT TO BE IN
REACHING THIS AGREEMENT AND,
YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS.
THE SENATE HAS BEPT OVER
BACKWARDS.
ONE MORE MINUTE?
30 SECONDS.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30
SECONDS.
TO TRY TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT ON THIS AND THE
LEADERSHIP ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE KEEPS CHANGING THE GOAL
POST.
FIRST IT WAS $33 BILLION, NOW
IT'S $40 BILLION, AND THEY JUST
CAN'T TAKE YES FOR AN ANSWER.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
THIS WILL HURT THE ECONOMY.
AND ALSO IT SHOWS KIND OF A
MEAN-SPIRITEDNESS HERE WHEN
YOU'RE GOING AFTER MEDICARE AND
THE BUDGET RESOLUTION AND
MEDICAID AND IN THIS DEAL
YOU'RE GOING AFTER WOMEN AND
INFANT CARE, THIS IS NOT WHAT
WE SHOULD BE DOING.
WE SHOULD BE HELPING THE POOR
PEOPLE, NOT TAKING THEIR SAFETY
NET AWAY.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED.
WE CONTINUE TO
RESERVE.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
HALF MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN
FROM NEW JERSEY, MR. AN TRUSE.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR A
MINUTE AND A HALF.
RIGHT IDEA.
WHAT WE OUGHT TO VOTE ON TODAY
IS A ONE-WEEK EXTENSION THAT'S
CLEAN THAT KEEPS EVERYBODY
GOING IN THE GOVERNMENT,
INCLUDING THE MILITARY AND
RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE OUGHT TO
BE DOING THIS MORNING.
BUT WHAT'S STANDING IN THE WAY
OF THAT IS THIS VALUES DEBATE
THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
LOOK, IT'S A POSITION THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THE MAJORITY PARTY
DOESN'T WANT TO CONTINUE
MEDICARE AS WE'VE KNOWN IT FOR
ALL THESE YEARS.
WE STRONGLY DISAGREE AND WE'RE
PREPARED TO HAVE A FIGHT TO SAY
WHY AMERICA NEEDS MEDICARE AS
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BUT THAT
DISAGREEMENT SHOULD NOT SHUT
THE GOVERNMENT DOWN THAT
DISAGREEMENT OVER VALUES SHOULD
NOT MEAN THE FUNCTIONS PEOPLE
HAVE PAID FOR IN THEIR TAXES
DON'T GO FORWARD.
LET'S NOT SHUT THE GOVERNMENT
DOWN OVER THE VALUES DEBATE.
LET'S HAVE THE VALUES DEBATE AS
THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO
ORPE AND BY ALL MEANS, LET'S
PROTECT MEDICARE.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUES TO
RESEVER.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA.
I CONTINUE TO
RESERVE, MR. SPEAKER.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS IS
RECOGNIZED.
HERE WE GO AGAIN,
A CLOSED RULE, PUT THIS ONE
INCLUDES MARTIAL LAW AUTHORITY.
THIS MEANS THE REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP CAN BRING ANY
SPENDING BILL TO THE FLOOR ANY
TIME THEY WANT, SO MUCH FOR
READ THE BILL.
THIS IS NOT HOW THE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS SAID THEY'D RUN THE
HOUSE.
THEIR RECORD, MR. SPEAKER, IS
ABYSMAL.
THIS BILL IS A PERFECT EXASM OF
HOW THEY'RE DOING THINGS THEY
SAID HAY WOULDN'T DO.
A CLOSED BILL WITH MARTIAL LAW
AUTHORITY, I'M NOT SURPRISED.
YESTERDAY A GROUP OF TEA
PARTYIERS WERE -- PARTIERS WERE
PROTESTING ON THE STEP OF THE
-- STEPS OF THE CAPITOL.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO BE
ABLE TO DO BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO POINT OUT THEIR PROTESTING
KEEPING THE GOVERNMENT OPEN.
THEY WANT TO SHUT THE
GOVERNMENT DOWN.
LOOK AT THE FRONT PAGE OF "
C.Q." TODAY, A SIGN THAT SAYS
SHUT IT DOWN.
IT'S TIME TO ACT LIKE ADULTS
AND NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
IT'S TIME TO COME IN GOOD FAITH
TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN.
TO HAVE A BILL WITHOUT
IDEOLOGICAL RIDERS, RIDERS THAT
PRETCHT THE E.P.A. FROM KEEPING
OUR AIR AND WATER SAFE, RIDERS
THAT PREVENT INDEPENDENT,
NONPARTISAN AGENCIES FROM
REPORTING IN AFGHANISTAN,
IT'S TIME THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THEIR
COUNTRY NOT CRUST THE EXTREMIST
WING OF THEIR PARTY.
AT THE END OF THIS DEBATE, I'LL
OPPOSE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
THE PREVIOUS -- IF THE PREVIOUS
QUESTION IS DEFEATED, I'LL
OFFER A CLEAN C.R. FOR ONE
WEEK.
NO HARMFUL CUTS LIKE THOSE
INCLUDED IN THE REPUBLICAN
BILL.
THE GOVERNMENT STAYS OPEN WHILE
WE CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE.
NOW THAT THEY'RE AT THE TABLE,
IT'S TIME TO LET THEM DO THEIR
JOBS AND COME TO A DEAL WITHOUT
A CONTINUAL MOVE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE GOAL POST THAT'S
GOING ON IN THE REPUBLICAN
BILLISM ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT
TO INSERT THE TEXT OF THE
AMENDMENT IN THE RECORD ALONG
WITH EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL
ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I URGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO DEFEAT THE
PREVIOUS QUESTION AND DEFEAT
THIS CLOSED -- CLOSED RULE MY
FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE NEED TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT NEGOTIATING AN END TO
THIS IMPASSE AND STOP THEIR
IDEOLOGICAL RIDERS THAT ARE
ATTACHED TO THIS BILL, GET
SERIOUS AN LET'S GET THIS
PASSED.
WE CAN AGAIN TO DEAL WITH -- WE
CAN BEGIN TO DEAL WITH NEXT
YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA.
AS OUR COLLEAGUE AOS
THE AISLE SAID, HERE WE GO
AGAIN.
HERE WE GO AGAIN WAS THE
DEMOCRATS MISLEADING THE
RULE IS ABOUT, WHAT THIS BILL
IS ABOUT, THE UNDERLYING BILL.
MR. DICKS SAID HE WANTED THE
RULE AS IT IS.
OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE
DON'T WANT US TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE UP ANOTHER BILL IN CASE
THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON A LONG-TERM C.R.
THERE'S ONLY ONE RIDER ON THIS
BILL, MR. SPEAKER.
AND THAT IS TO NOT ALLOW
TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR APPORTIONS
IN BEASHEDS.
MY COLLEAGUE ACROSS THE AISLE
SAID NATIONAL SECURITY
SHOULDN'T -- SHOULD INCLUDE
PAYING FOR ALL THESE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE
ONLY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT
CAN HANDLE NATIONAL SECURITY
AND THAT MEANS FUNDING OUR
TROOPS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS
UNDERLYING BILL DOES.
MR. SPEAKER, OUR COLLEAGUE SAID
IT'S TIME FEERM TO READ THE
BILL.
WERE IN CONTROL THEY DIDN'T
WANT ANYBODY TO READ THE BILLS
AND THEY SAID YOU WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE
BILL UNTIL AFTER IT WAS PASSED.
I'M SORRY, MR. SPEAKER, THERE
ARE WORDS FOR THAT, I'M AFRAID
I SHOULD NOT USE THOSE ON THE
FLOOR TODAY FOR FEAR IT MIGHT
SLOW DOWN OUR DEBATE HERE.
BUT I WANT TO SAY I'M
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT OUR
COLLEAGUES HAVE BROUGHT UP THE
ISSUE OF VALUES.
I'M PLEASED THEY BROUGHT THE
ISSUE OF VALUES.
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM NEW JERSEY
SAYS WHAT THIS IS, IT'S ABOUT
THE VALUE OF MEDICARE.
MR. SPEAKER, IT SHOW WHAT IS
THEY VALUE ARE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS.
WHAT WE VALUE ARE LIFE AND
FREEDOM.
THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE,
MR. SPEAKER, IN THE VALUES OF
THE TWO PARTIES IN THIS
COUNTRY.
ONE WANTS MORE GOVERNMENT
FUNDING, ONE WANTS GOVERNMENT
CONTROL OF OUR LIVES, THE OTHER
WANTS FREEDOM FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND LIFE FOR UNBORN
CHILDREN.
MR. SPEAKER, THEY ARE
MISLEADING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT MEDICARE
IN THIS RULE OR IN THIS
UNDERLYING BILL.
WE DISCUSSED AT GREAT LENGTH
WHY AMERICA NEEDS THIS RULE AND
THIS BILL, IN THE FACE OF A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, OUR MY IS
STRUGGLING, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
FOR JOB, THEY DEMAND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND BELT
TIGHTENING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
GOVERNMENT TO STOP DRAINING JOB
CREATING RESOURCES FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR TO FUND
MISGUIDED ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL
ENGINEERING.
THEY DEMAND ACTION.
IT'S FOR THESE REASONS I URGE
MY LEAGUES TO VOTE FOR THE RULE
AND THE UNDERLYING BILL SO WE
CAN BEGIN TO RESTORE THE TRUST
AMERICANS HAVE IN THEIR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND RESTORE THIS
ECONOMY.
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME AND MOVE THE PREVIOUS
THE
QUESTION IS ON ORDERING THE
PREVIOUS QUESTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE AYES HAVE
IT.
MR. SPEAKER, ON
THAT I ASK FOR A RECORDED VOTE.
DOES
THE GENTLEMAN ASK FOR THE YEAS
AND NAYS?
I ASK FOR THE
YEAS AND NAYS.
YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED.
THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE
YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE.
RISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE PURSUANT
TO CLAUSE 8 AND CLAUSE 9 OF
RULE 20 THE 15-MINUTE VOTE ON
ORDERING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION,
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FIVE-MINUTE
VOTES OF ADOPTION OF HOUSE
RESOLUTION 206 IF ORDERED AND
APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL.
THIS WILL BE A 15-MINUTE VOTE
ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
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ON
THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 238 AND
THE NAYS ARE 185.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS
ORDERED.
THE QUESTION IS ON ADOPTION OF
THE RESOLUTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
MR. SPEAKER, I
ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS.
DOES
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS ASK FOR A
RECORDED VOTE?
YES.
I ASK FOR A RECORDED VOTE.
A
RECORDED VOTE IS ASKED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST
FOR A RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE
AND BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS
ORDERE
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE.
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DAYS,
IN LESS THAN TWO DAYS A DECISION
MUST BE MADE AS TO WHETHER THE
GOVERNMENT CLOSES OR STAYS OPEN,
WHETHER WE PUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FIRST AND REACH AN
AGREEMENT OR HAVE, AS I WILL
EXPLAIN IN A FEW MINUTES, ISSUES
HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH
GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO CAUSE THE
GOVERNMENT TO SHUT DOWN.
WE MET LAST NIGHT, THE SPEAKER
AND I, WITH THE PRESIDENT FOR
QUITE A LONG TIME, AN HOUR AND A
HALF OR TWO HOURS.
THE MEETING WAS INITIALLY ONE
WITH THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE
PRESIDENT, SPEAKER BOEHNER AND
MYSELF WERE PRESENT TO TRY TO
WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES.
WE THEN WENT INTO A MTING WITH
OUR STAFFS TO TRY TO WORK
THROUGH THESE ISSUES.
THE NUMBERS, MR. PRESIDENT, ARE
BASICALLY THERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE A.
MY STAFF, THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF,
THE SPEAKER'S STAFF WORKED
THROUGH THE NIGHT TO TRY TO COME
UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO
END THIS IMPASSE.
I REPEAT, MR. PRESIDENT, THE
NUMBERS ARE BASICALLY THERE.
BUT I AM NOT AS NEARLY AS
OPTIMISTIC -- AND THAT'S AN
UNDERSTATEMENT -- AS I WAS 11
HOURS AGO.
THE NUMBERS ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE.
OUR DIFFERENCES ARE NO LONGER
OVER HOW MUCH SAVINGS WE GET
UNDER GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
THE ONLY THING -- THE ONLY THING
IDEOLOGY.
I'M SORRY TO SAY, MR. PRESIDENT,
THAT MY FRIEND, THE SPEAKER, AND
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAVE
DRAWN A LINE IN THE SAND NOT
DEALING WITH THE DEFICIT THAT WE
KNOW WE HAVE TO DL WITH, THAT
WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT CUTS, NOT
WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WOULD FUND
THE GOVERNMENT TO THE END OF
THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
THE ISS IS IDEOLOGY.
NOT NUMBERS.
NOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
ISSUES, BUT THE TWO MAIN ISSUES
THAT ARE HOLDING THIS MATTER ARE
UP THE CHOICE OF WOMEN,
REODUCTIVE RIGHTS, AND CLEAN
THESE MATTERS HAVE NO PLACE ON A
BUDGET BILL, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A BILL TO KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT RUNNING WITH DOLLARS.
THEY WANT TO ROLL BACK THE CLEAN
AIR ACT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: IF WE
ARE GOING TO SIT DOWN AT THE
NEGOTIATING TABLE AS WE HAVE AND
FUND THE GOVERNMENT, IT SHOULD
BE BASED ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
RAMBUNCTIOUS NEW MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OVER
THERE, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY
SOME OF THERE WHO HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR A LONG TIME, WHO ARE
MORE SENIOR WHO ARE REPUBLICANS,
AND THIS IS THEIR TIME TO SHINE.
MANNER.
DON'T DO IT ON A SPENDING BILL.
THEY COULD SEND THE STUFF, WE'LL
GET TO IT WHEN WE CAN TO SHOW WE
CAN GET TO THINGS, WE'VE DONE IT
ON THIS CLEAN AIR BILL, VERY
DIFFICULT ISSUES; DEALING WITH
1099, GOVERNMEN ISSUES RELATING
TO THE HEALTH CARE BILL.
TOUGH, WE DID IT.
WE HAD A BUNCH OF VOTES
YESTERDAY ON E.P.A. FUNDING.
WE CAN LEGISLATE, AND WE CAN DO
THAT ON ISSUES THAT ARE
WE SHOWED THATHIS WEEK IN THE
BUT NO ONE CAN REALISTICALLY
THINK THAT WE CAN WALK OUT OF A
ROOM AND SUDDENLY AGREE ON A
MATTER THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR
40 -- I'M SORRY.
WE CAN'T WALK OUT OF A ROOM AND
FOCUS ON AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN
AROUND FOR FOUR DECADES, ISSUE
RELATING TO CHOICE.
THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE MATR.
WE CAN'T SOLVE IN ONE NIGHT A
DISAGREEMENT THIS COUNTRY HAS
BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR FOUR
DECADES.
THERE ARE VERY, VERY DID HE HAVE
SIDES HAVE BEEN TAKE -- VERY,
VERY DEFINITE SIDES HAVE BEEN
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
MAJORITY LEADER RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SPEAK OUT OF ORDER
FOR ONE MINUTE TO INFORM
MEMBERS OF A CHANGE IN THE
UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
I'D LIKE TO INFORM
MY COLLEAGUES THAT THE HOUSE
WILL MEET AT 10:00 A.M. FOR
MORNING HOUR AND 12:00 P.M. FOR
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS TOMORROW.
AS THE MEMBERS KNOW, THIS IS A
CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL
CALENDAR.
DUE TO ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS,
MR. SPEAKER, SURROUNDING
CONTINUED APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR
2011, I BELIEVE IT IS BOTH
APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY FOR
THE HOUSE TO BE IN SESSION
TOMORROW.
I EXPECT LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
TO INCLUDE BUT MAY NOT BE
LIMITED TO H.J.RES. 37 A
RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL
REGARDING THE F.C.C.'S RECENT
INTERNET AND BROADBAND INDUSTRY
REGULATION RULING.
VOTES ARE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME
TER NOON TOMORROW.
AT THIS TIME, IT IS TOO EARLY
TO TELL WHETHER THE HOUSE WILL
NEED TO BE IN SESSION THIS
WEEKEND.
IN THE CASE OF LAPSE IN
APPROPRIATIONS, I FULLY EXPECT
THE HOUSE TO MEET.
MR. SPEAKER, WE WILL NOT LEAVE
TOWN UNTIL WE FULFILLED OUR
OBLIGATION TO CUT SPENDING TO
BEGIN GETTING OUR FISCAL HOUSE
IN ORDER --
--
THE
HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER.
MR. SPEAKER, WE ARE
COMMITTED TO GETTING OUR FISCAL
THE SPKER PRO TEMPORE: THE
THE HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER.
MR. SPEAKER, WE ARE
COMMITTED TO GETTING OUR FISCAL
HOUSE IN ORDER AND KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONING.
THEREFORE MEMBERS SHOULD KEEP
THEIR SCHEDULES FOR THIS
WEEKEND AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE
AND I YIELD BACK.
I
THANK THE MAJORITY --
M HOYER: I THANK THE MAJORITY
LEADER FOR YIELDING, I SHARE
HIS SUE WE OUGHT TO KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT RUNNING FONOT ONLY
THE SAKE OF OUR ECONOMY BUT FOR
THE SAKE OF ALL THOSE THAT RELY
ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
MY FRIEND HAS MADE THE
SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT
AND I BELIEVE THE SPEAKER MADE
THE SAME OBSERVATION, WAS NOT A
PURSUE.
I ASK THE GENTLEMAN BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT THE RESOLUTION
THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING
WILL NOT EITHER PASS THE SENATE
NOR BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
IN LIGHT OF THAT, AND IN LIGHT
OF THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY
LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE
SPEAKER HAVE BOTH INDICATED
THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING,
WOUL THE GENTLEMAN AGREE TO A
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT WE, AS
WE HAVE DONE SO OFTEN IN THE
PAST, WHEN THE MAJORITY
DEMOCRATS WERE IN CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE,
DISAGREED WITH PRESIDENT BUSH,
THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HOLD IN
PLACE UNANIMOUS CONSENT
CONTINUING RESOLUTION, NOT
CHANGING THE STATUS ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, FOR
SEVEN DAYS, WHICH WOULD GIVE
THE PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME TO AN AGREEMENT?
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE
LEADER OF THE SENATE IS THAT WE
HAVE AGREED TO SOME $70 BILLION
IN CUTS WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL
WAY TOWARD WHAT YOU WANTED AND
A SHOW THAT WE SHARE THE VIEW
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FISCAL
RESTRAINT.
SO I ASK MY FRIEND IF I MADE A
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST THAT
WE CONTINUE THE GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITY TO STAY RUNNING UNTIL
NEXT FRIDAY WITHOUT CHANGING
THE STATUS QUO SO THAT NEITHER
PARTY WOULD BE DISADVANTAGED
AND THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD
IN FACT, AS THE GENTLEMAN
OBSERVES IS HIS OBJECTIVE, BE
ABLE TO STAY IN SERVICE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MR. SPEAKER, FIRST
OF ALL I'D RPOND TO THE
GENTLEMAN TO SAY THERE'S NO
INDICATION IN ANY DEFINITE WAY
THAT THE SENATE WOULD NOT TAKE
UP AND PASS THE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WE WOULD BRING
UP TODAY.
AS A RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PART OF HIS INQUIRY, REGARDING
OUR GOING ALONG WITH THE
UNANIMOUS CONSENT, I WOULD SAY
TO THE GENTLEMAN, NO, WE DON'T
ACCEPT THE STATUS QUO.
YIELD.
AMERICA IS BROKE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRYING TO
ADDRESS THE NEED -- THAT IS W
WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE
NEED TO GET OUR -- MR. SPEAKER,
THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT.
THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE
TRYING TO ADDRESS OUR FISCAL
CRISIS AND TO GET THE DEBT
UNDER CONTROL.
MR. SPEAKER, WILL
THE GENTLEMAN YIELD.
I YIELD.
THE WHITE HOUSE -- I
WANT TO INFORM THE GENTLEMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS JUST ISSUED
AN INTENT TO VETO THE
RESOLUTION YOU ARE OFFERING.
I TELL MY FRIEND THAT IF IN
FACT THE GENTLEMAN WANTS TO
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING
WHILE NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED, WE
HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO A
SUBSTANTIAL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING FOR
2011.
WE DID SO AND WE'VE AGREED ON
AS THE GENTLEMAN KNOWS, I HAVE
VOTED FOR BOTH OF THE PREVIOUS
RESOLUTIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT BETH OF THOSE
COULD PASS AND IN FACT I WAS
I TELL MY FRIEND, THIS
RESOLUTION IN MY VIEW WILL NOT
-- THAT BOTH OF THOSE COULD
PASS AND I WAS CORRECT AND TY
DID PASS.
I TELL MY FRIEND THIS
RESOLUTION IN MY VIEW WILL NOT
HOWEVER, WE ARE HAVING
DISCUSSIONS.
WE NEVER SHUT DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT WHEN WE HAD THE
MAJORITY AND PRESIDENT BUSH WAS
IN POWER AND THE REASON -- AND
I TELL MY FRIEND THE REASON WE
DID NOT SHUT IT DOWN IS BECAUSE
THE
HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER, THE
GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND.
WE AGREED WITH THE
PREMISE YOU HAVE STATED AND THE
PREMISE THE SPEAKER HAS STATED
THAT SHUTTING DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT WAS NOT A PROCESS
THAT WAS USEFUL FOR OUR
ECONOMY, FOR JOBS, FOR OUR
PEOPLE, OR FOR THE SERVICES
TH ARE EXPECTED OF US.
WHAT IS USEFUL IS FOR US TO
RATIONALLY PROVIDE A CNTEXT IN
WHICH NEGOTIATIONS WHICH QUITE
OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT YET BEEN
COMPLETED ARE COMPLETED.
NOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT
THE PERFECTIONIST CAUCUS.
YOU CAN'T GET IT ALL YOUR WAY,
WE CAN'T GET IT ALL OUR WAY,
BUT IN FACT, THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC OVERWHELMINGLY ELECTED
PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR A FOUR-YEAR
TERM.
HE'S IN OFFICE.
MR. GINGRICH SAID THAT WE WERE
IGNORING THE 2010 ELECTION
RESULTS.
WE OBSERVE THAT THE 2008
ELECTION RESULTS WERE REGULARLY
IGNORED BY YOUR SIDE OF THE
AISLE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WHAT I AM SAYING TO MY FRIEND,
THERE IS A RATIONAL WAY FOR US
TO PROCEED AND VERY FRANKLY,
WHEN WE WERE IN YOUR SHOES, WE
DID SO.
WHEN WE COULDN'T REACH
AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENT BUSH.
THE
HOUSE WILL BE COME TO ORDER.
THE TEA PARTY ON YOUR
SIDE, AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE --
MR. SPEAKER, MR.
SPEAKER -- RECLAIMING MY TIME.
MR. SPEAKER, RECLAIMING MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN RECLAIMS HIS TIME.
MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD
SAY LET US LOOK AT WHY WE ARE
WHERE WE ARE TO BEGIN WITH.
ORDER.
THE
HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND.
THE HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER.
WE HAVE LITE DOUBT
ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE WHY WE