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Charlie Wilson: tetchers' aides the ability to subtract from their gross income up to $250 in expenses that would be associated with the purchase of classroom supplies. when funding falls short and teachers sacrifice to fill the gap t. seems own fair they

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Joe Wilson: a receson would only prolong the downturn or reduce job creation made in a recovery. this is the taxpayers' money. it does not belong to the gornment. let's take a lesson from the american taxpayer and promote tough decisions here that will reduce spending and not mortgage our children's futures.

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Donald M. Payne: adjustable interest beginning now with any person 21 years old or younger. in conclusion god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. payne: ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. payne: mr. speaker, one of the most serious challenges facing our nation is the need

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Donald M. Payne: for health care reform. to ensure access to quality and affordable health care for all families. it's shocking that nearly 46 million americans in the united states have no health care coverage. unless we act, estimates from the congressional budget office warns that the number of americans without health insurance will grow to about 54

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Donald M. Payne: children's health insurance, schip. to ensure that the seven million children who currently participate in the program continue to receive current coverage. we also worked to provide $20 billion in critical funding in the economicecovery package to modernize our health care system through the adoption of the

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Mike Pence: trillions of dollars on bailouts and new government programs. one independent estimate suggests that the federal government will have to hire 250,000 new bureaucrats to pass out l the money. the president's plan includes the largest tax increase in history, the majority of his tax increase also hit small business owners, and the new national energy tax will cost every

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Carol Shea-Porter: and boros too much and the american people know it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from new hampshire rise? ms. shea-porter: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. shea-porter: mr. speaker, 's very interesting to me watch people stand there and start talking about the spending

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Carol Shea-Porter: of the federal government over the past few months. because the party that charge for the previous decade, even longer in congress, and in the hous and in the white house, ran up record deficits. while the american middle class income stayed flat. yet i didn't hear them on the

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Carol Shea-Porter: teach us will outcompet so we are investing in this contry. we are investing in health care for the children and the elderly as well. we cut taxes for the middle class. times are very difficult and unfortunately we are going to have to spend to stimulate and

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David Roe: in these tough economic times no one can blame american workers for supporting measures they believe will create new jobs for them. i grew up in a union household so i understand why workers support this legislation when they hear their leaderpship talk about how this is needed because workers' influence is declining in the united states. unfortunately their leadership rhetoric just doesn't square with reality.

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Marsha Blackburn: secret ballot which is too steep a price to pay. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee rise? mrs. blackburn: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. a wise man once said, treat each federal tax dollar as if it was hard earned because it was.

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Marsha Blackburn: by the taxpayer. the democrats of this house need a reminder that every dollar they have been signing away is a hard-eard american dollar. let's take that $787 billion stimulus bill that they passed and that the american taxpayers will have to repay. that's going to cost every taxpayer in this country over $4,000.

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Marsha Blackburn: louis or $8 million billion for the disneyland to las vegas train, or $200,000 for tattoo removal. or millions for the speaker's mouse. so let's remember those wise words before we start signing off on all these pork barrel spending projects for special interests, let's treat every federal taxpayer as what it is,

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Lamar S. Smith: these articles paint a one-sided sympathetic picture of illegal immigrants but fail to acknowledge they intentionally broke our laws, burdened taxpayers, and displaced legal workers. for example, five out of six immigration stories in the "new york times" over a recent two-week period were obviously slanted. the same was true of six out of

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Lamar S. Smith: objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. secr the societies that defend and preserve them. they say society trusts the people. given the facts and argumen people themselves are trusted to

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Bill Cassidy: . the american workers have decided whether to unionize in secret ballot elections, just like in political elections we cast our vote in ballot. card check assaultes that right. it has for over freedom. since 1776, americans have expected congress to defend their democratic rights, not

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Jason Chaffetz: abolish them. card check denies fundamental democratic rights to over 100 million americans. congress should defend this right. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: i ask u ddouse

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Jason Chaffetz: for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: i rise in concern of the so-called cap and trade proposal. this is a new tax, a carbon tax, that will be levied upon every single american. we were told of that 95% of americans would not see even one dime of incaprice in their taxes. and despite this rhetoric from

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Jason Chaffetz: taxes. the president's budget spends too much, it taxes too much, and it borrows too much. the new carbon tax disguised in the green robe of a cap and trade is not a tax the american people are willing to pay. i urge the american people to rise up against this tax and reject this unwarranted tax upon our families.

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Jason Chaffetz: in iraq and afghanistan, was able to thank them personally

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Cliff Stearns: making a difference, that the cut and run strategies that people preach from ts floor is not the support that they and their families expect and deserve. with that i tell you about a woman's health clinic in baghdad. this clinic had intermittant electricity throughout the day and little if any after the sun went down.

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Cliff Stearns: after spending 28 years in health care i can tell you firsthand that you cannot decide when a baby decides to be born or when an emergency occurs. so i appreciate the opportunity to thank our troops and share their message with you. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> address the house for one minute and to revise and

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Cliff Stearns: favoring brokers in the securities industry over investors. as head of the financial industry regulatory authority, ms. shapiro completely missed both the mortgage cris and the madoff $50 billion ponzi scheme, defrauding millions of investors. furthermore, ms. shapiro's record as a regulator demonstrates she hassell dom

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Earl Blumenauer: of the s.e.c. which leaves me with the question, what was he thinking? the speaker pro tempore: the ge pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote is objected to

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House Clerk: under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentlelady from maryland rise? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 813, to designate the federal building and united states courthouse located at

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House Clerk: 306, east main street in elizabeth city, north carolina, as the j. herbert w. small states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill.

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Donna Edwards: the speaker pro tempore: gentlelady. -- the gentlelady is recognized. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 813, a bill to designate the federal building and united states courthouse located at 306 east main street in elizabeth city, north carolina, as the j. herbert w. small federal building and united states courthouse.

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Donna Edwards: intergovernmental relations and later served for eight years as county attorney for county. in 1979 he was elected superior court judge of the first judicial district of north carolina and served in that position for 17 years. judge small has been an active volunteer, serving on the board

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Donna Edwards: mr. butterfield, for

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G. K. Butterfield: courthouse located in elizabeth city, north carolina, as the j. herbert w. small federal building and united states courthouse. i, too, support this legislation and with that i reserve my time. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina

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G. K. Butterfield: is recognized for four minutes. mr. butterfield: thank you very much. let me start by thanking the gentlelady for yielding four minutes to me to speak on a very important issue in my congressional district asand that is the naming of this federal courthouse in elizabeth city, north carolina. i also want to thank the gentleman from florida for his kind remarks about my good friend, judge small. but, mr. speaker, i rise today

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G. K. Butterfield: i would also like to thank each member of the north carolina delegation, both democrat and republican, for their support of this legislation. almost two years ago, mr. speaker, this identical bill passedhe house with unanimous support but regrettably it was not taken up in the other body. i am confident that the senate