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HOMELAND SECURITY.
I ASSUME THE GENTLEMAN'S
INTERPRETATION IS ONE HE STILL
HOLDS TO A LESS THAN A WEEK
LATER.
I AM HAPPY TO YIELD.
I WILL SAY THAT IS
THE DEFINITION OF SECURITY
SPENDING, DEFENSE, HOMELAND
SECURITY, V.A. AND MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU.
RECLAIMING MY TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN
REAFFIRMING THAT POSITION.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
THAT MEANS.
THAT MEANS NOT EXEMPT FROM
THESE DRASTIC CUTS ARE WEAPONS
AND TRAINING TO BUILD THE
CAPACITY OF KEY PARTNERS IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST TERROR IN YEMEN,
IN PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES,
THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR SECURITY
ASSISTANCE PACKAGE, PART OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET,
FINANCING FOR THE PURCHASE OF
U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
ENSURE ISRAEL'S QUALITATIVE
MILITARY EDGE, DEFENSE ITEMS
AND SERVICES THAT ENABLE OTHER
COUNTRIES TO COOPERATE WITH US
ON COUNTERTERRORISM, AND
AFGHANISTAN, CUTS THAT WOULD
MEAN AN END TO THE CIVILIAN
SURGE, WOULD FORCE THE MILITARY
TO PERFORM CIVILIAN JOBS, THE
REDUCTIONS WOULD HARM FOUR
PROVENCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS
AND FORD OPERATING BASES -- AND
FORWARD OPERATING BASES,
SECURITY TRAINING, ORDNANCE
DISPOSAL, POPULAR MECHANICS AND
ERADICATION PROGRAMS.
IN IRAQ, THE STATE PROGRAMS
THAT WOULD BE HARMED BY VIRTUE
OF THE GENTLEMAN'S DEFINITION
OF NONSECURITY FUNDS THAT HAVE
TO BE DRAMATICALLY CUT BACK ARE
TRAINING FOR IRAQI POLICE AND
SECURITY FORCES TO TAKE OVER
WHEN THE U.S. TROOPS DEPART,
FUNDING FOR OUR SPECIAL
INSPECTORS GENERAL IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN TO ENSURE THAT
PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO
ACHIEVE MAXIMUM IMPACT AND
PROPERLY MANAGED IMPLEMENTAL.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
I GIVE THE
GENTLEMAN 15 SECONDS.
EVERYTHING THE
GENTLEMAN HAS STOOD FOR IN HIS
YEARS IN CONGRESS WILL BE
UNDERMINED BY VIRTUE OF WHAT
HE'S PROPOSING.
ALL
MEMBERS WILL SUSPEND.
MEMBERS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THE
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATE
CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO
TRANSSCRIBE TWO MEMBERS
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
MEMBERS SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE
IN DEBATE BY INTERJECTION AND
SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THE
REPORTERS TRANSCRIBE REMARKS
THAT ARE UTTERED WHEN NOT
PROPERLY RECOGNIZED.
THE CHAIR MUST ASK MEMBERS TO
BEAR IN MIND THE PROPER
COURTESY IN THE PROCESS OF
YIELDING AND RECLAIMING TIME IN
DEBATE ESPECIALLY IN ASKING
ANOTHER TO YIELD.
IT HELPS TO FOSTER THE SPIRIT
OF MUTUAL COMMODITY THAT
ELEVATES OUR DELIBERATIONS
ABOVE MERE ARGUMENT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
IS RECOGNIZED.
I YIELD MYSELF 30
SECONDS TO SAY TO MY FRIEND I
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HIS
RECOGNIZING THE OPPORTUNITY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
I'VE HAD TO RECOGNIZE THE
AND I MUST MAKE IT CLEAR WE ARE
JUST BEGINNING A PROCESS TODAY,
WE ARE BEGINNING A PROCESS
TODAY THAT WILL ALLOW THIS
HOUSE TO WORK ITS WILL.
AND IT'S OBVIOUS, GOING TO 2008
LEVELS, 2008 LEVELS IS NOT
GOING TO GUT ALL OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT NATIONAL SECURITY
ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE OF FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
MY FRIEND KNOWS VERY WELL, MR.
SPEAKER, THAT IT'S ESSENTIAL WE
GET OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER
AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP ON A
ROAD TOWARDS DOING JUST THAT.
WITH THAT I RESERVE THE BALANCE
OF MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
I AM THE FINAL
SPEAKER ON OUR SIDE.
I WOULD INQUIRE IF HE HAS
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
IF THE GENTLEMAN
WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE DEBATE,
I'LL CLOSE ON MY SIDE.
OUCH TIME DO I
HAVE?
THE
GENTLEMAN HAS THREE MINUTES.
THIS IS NOT HOW
WE SHOULD DEAL WITH THE BUDGET.
TRANSPARENCY MEANS KNOWING WHAT
THE BUDGET NUMBER IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S SUCH A
RADICAL IDEA.
ACCOUNTABILITY MEANS EVERYBODY
IN THIS HOUSE SHOULD VOTE YES
OR NO ON WHATEVER THAT NUMBER
IS AND IT SHOULDN'T BE UP TO
ONE PERSON TO UNILATERALLY
DETERMINE THAT NUMBER.
AND THIS BUDGET PROCESS THAT
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT
TOGETHER POLITICIZES
UNNECESSARILY A BUDGET PROCESS
AND SETS A LOUSY PRECEDENT.
MR. SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO URGE
MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO ON THE
PREVIOUS QUESTION.
IF THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS
DEFEATED, I WILL MODIFY THIS
RULE TO PROVIDE THAT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HOUSE
PASSES THIS RULE IT WILL TAKE
UP AN AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT CUTS
IN FUNDING FOR THE F.B.I.'S
COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAM.
MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SAID
THEY WON'T CUT PROGRAMS TO
PROTECT OUR NATION'S SECURITY
BUT THE RESOLUTION ITSELF
DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO DEFINE
NONSECURITY SPENDING.
AND THE DEFINITION I'VE HEARD
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE
F.B.I.'S COUNTERTERRORISM
PROGRAM.
SO I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
INSERT THE TEXT OF THE
AMENDMENT AND EXTRANEOUS
MATERIALS IN THE RECORD
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE VOTE
ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
A NO VOTE WOULDO
LOU THE HOUSE TO CONSIDER AN
AMENDMENT EXEMPTING CUTS AND
FUNDING TO THE F.B.I.'S
COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAM.
AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ENSURE
WE DO NOT SACRIFICE OUR
NATION'S SECURITY IN THE
POST-9/11 WORLD.
I URGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON
BOTH SIDE OF THE AISLE TO VOTE
NO ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SO
WE CAN ASSURE THAT WE CONTINUE
TO PROTECT THIS NATION FROM
TERRORISM.
WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
DOES THE -- THE GENTLEMAN FROM
CALIFORNIA.
THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, EVERY
MEMBER OF THIS INSTITUTION,
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ALIKE
KNOWS FULL WELL THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE HURTING.
WE HAVE AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
THAT IS AT 9.4%.
WE HAVE, IN MY STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, 12.5% UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE.
I SEE MY FRIEND MR. LEWIS HERE
ON THE FLOOR.
IN THE M&M EMPIRE OF CALIFORNIA
IT'S 15.5% THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE.
PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE MAKING
VERY TOUGH DECISIONS AND THE
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THAT
EXISTS TODAY IS PLAYING A BIG
ROLE IN DIMINISHING THE KIND OF
INVESTMENT WE NEED TO CREATE
JOBS.
THIS RESOLUTION IS A VERY
SIMPLE ONE.
IT SAYS THAT WE SHOULDN'T SPEND
MONEY WE DON'T HAVE.
WE SHOULDN'T SPEND MONEY WE
DON'T HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING AS WE
BEGIN THIS PROCESS.
THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT
FAMILIES ARE MAKING ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY.
THEY'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY THEY
DON'T HAVE.
AND IN FACT WE'VE SEEN, BECAUSE
OF THIS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, LOTS
OF FAMILIES TODAY SAVING MORE
THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GET
THEMSELVES IN THIS POSITION
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE
SOME TOUGH CHOICES AROUND HERE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
NO ONE IS SAYING IT'S GOING TO
BE EASY.
BUT THIS RESOLUTION WE'RE GOING
TO DEBATE TOMORROW, H. RECENT
38 -- H. RES.38 SAYS WE'RE
GOING TO 2008 LEVELS OR LESS
BECAUSE FRANKLY, 2008 LEVELS,
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IS TOO
HIGH AND BELIEVE WE NEED TO CUT
BACK EVEN MORE.
NOW, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS
ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO
DECIMATE RESEARCH IN THE VERY
IMPORTANT DISEASES OUT THERE.
WE BEGAN THE DEBATE, AS I SAID
IN THE OPENING, NOT GOING THERE
BUT WE DID GO THERE.
AS I SAID, IF YOU CAN'T
PRIORITIZE, YOU END UP
DEMONIZING AND CREATING THIS
GREAT DEAL OF FEAR THAT IS OUT
THERE, OR THE F.B.I. IS GOING
TO CLOSE DOWN IF WE GO TO 2008
SPENDING LEVELS.
WELL, MR. SPEAKER, OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THIS INSTITUTION IS NOT ABOUT
TO UNDERMINE THE FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WITH
ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT, WHICH IS
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY, AND FOCUSING,
YES, ON THOSE THREE THINGS THAT
THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
ALIKE SAY, WASTE, FRAUD AND
ABUSE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REIN
THIS BETHEMEON.
-- BEHEMOTH.
AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH
BUT THIS RESOLUTION IS THE
FIRST STEP IN A TWO-YEAR
PROCESS TO GET OUR ECONOMY
GROWING, CREATE JOBS, AND TO
REIN IN THE SIZE AND SCOPE AND
REACH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE
INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AND
RESPONSIBILITY.
SO, MR. SPEAKER, I URGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR THIS
RULE.
AND TOMORROW WHEN WE BRING THE
RESOLUTION H. RES.38 TO THE
FLOOR WE SUPPORT THIS MOTION
AND I HOPE VERY MUCH WE'LL HAVE
DEMOCRATS JOINING WITH
REPUBLICANS FOR THIS VERY
COMMONSENSE APPROACH TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT THE 87 NEW MEMBERS
ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE AND I
SUSPECT EVEN THE NINE NEW
MEMBERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
OF THE AISLE HAVE COME HERE TO
DO AND THAT IS TO REIN IN THIS
HAVE SEEN.
WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING WE
AND SO WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER,
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME AND MOVE THE PREVIOUS
QUESTION.
THE
QUESTION IS ON ORDERING THE
PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE
RESOLUTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
NO!
IN THE
OPINION OF THE CHAIR, THE NOES
HAVE IT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM --
I ASK FOR THE YEAS
AND NAYS.
THE
YAINS ARE REQUESTED.
THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE
YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE
ORDERED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE
20, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS
QUESTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
1, THE HOUSE WILL STAND IN
RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF
THE CHAIR UNTIL 6:30, A PERIOD
NOT LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES.