House Proceeding 02-25-09 on Feb 25th, 2009 :: 0:48:40 to 0:50:30
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Maxine Waters: raise. you need to pass the rule and pass the bill otherwise it doesn't happen. i yield two minutes to the the gentlewoman from california two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. waters: i thank the chairman for doing a great job in

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Speech By: Maxine Waters

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Maxine Waters: crafting this legislation last night president obama said that a budget should be more than just a list of programs and dollar amounts. it's a document that should reflect our values as a congress. i'm proud to support this rule and this omnibus bill as a reflection of my values. allow me to briefly mention some of the programs that i'm proud to have worked with my

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Maxine Waters: colleagues to fund. i'm very pleased that we have addition money in here for public housing capital funds. we have many of our large public housing projects that are in great disrepair and to have decent quality of life, we needed to support public housing?? projects. there is mey for section 8

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Maxine Waters: vouchers. money for section 8 project-based vouchers and then ed we have my head start program that's going to ensure that 900,000 low-income children have access to high quality pre-school services. title i grants for low-income children and money for

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Maxine Waters: dislocated workers. in health, we're go to go give additional support to community health centers, health professional training and missing alshimer disease a alert programs and international aid for hiv-aids and little money for haiti, the poorest country

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Maxine Waters: in the western hemisphere. i'm very, very proud of this legislation, particularly in this time of economic crisis.