House Proceeding 03-10-09 on Mar 10th, 2009 :: 0:17:25 to 0:18:30
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Steve King: i thank the president and congress for their leadership on health care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. kirk: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: w objection. mr. kirk:00 than you. -- mr. kirk: thank you. the stock market has rendered a bipartisan verdict on the policies of this congress. from the year-end to the inauguration it fell 5%.

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Speech By: Steve King

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Steve King: from secretary geithner's speech to the budget, it fell 12%. from the budget to today it fell another 11%. we are now suffering from the fastest market decline ever. faster than even under presidents hoover or roosevelt. the market has fallen in part because it's learned more about

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Steve King: this congress, record borrowing, rigged union elections, 9,000 earmarks, and nationalizing health care. i think it's time to look at new policies to help stocks like suspending the marker mark to market rule that triggers bank runs and restarting the uptick rule to undercut the short sellers.

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Steve King: today i'll introduce the stock market recovery act with these two key reforms. we are digging an economic hole