House Proceeding 02-24-09 on Feb 24th, 2009 :: 0:12:25 to 0:13:15
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Peter A. DeFazio: pick up the paper and try to explain it to them and say, where is this money coming from that's being borrowed? and over the weekend when we saw the secretary of state over there in china with cup in hand saying, we need to keep buying our debt. the folks back home are concerned about their future and they want this congress to and that means we got to quit

0:12:25 to 0:13:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Peter A. DeFazio

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Peter A. DeFazio: spending. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: to address the house r one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. defazio: well, we just heard from the republican side of the aisle that they're ready to make the tough fiscal choices. unfortunately, they're about

0:12:49 to 0:13:09( Edit History Discussion )

Peter A. DeFazio: short with their newfound fiscal conservativism. remember, george bush inherited a surplus. wh was the answer to the surplus? tax cuts. then we 9/11. we had tax cuts. we had the misbegotten war on iraq. tax cuts. then we had the bank collapse

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Peter A. DeFazio: and the recession, growing into a depression. what was the answer of george bush, tax cuts.