House Proceeding 03-19-09 on Mar 19th, 2009 :: 0:32:35 to 0:34:30
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Speech By: Dan Burton

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Dan Burton: chair reminds the people in the gallery that they are guests in the house and any siphon approval or disapproval of the proceedings is in violation of the rules of the house. mr. camp: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Dan Burton: gentman is recognized. mr. barton: the stimulus bill -- mr. burton: the stimulus bill was 1,100 pages. in the middle of that was a bill to allow bonuses to be paid, nobody on our side read the

0:33:09 to 0:33:29( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: bill, nobody on our side voted for it. nobody on your side read the bill. in my opinion, this is the way you cover up a big mistake made by you and the conferees. this should never have happened. now you're trying to do something that's of questionable constitutionality to cover up a big mistake. i don't know why you don't just own up to it.

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Dan Burton: this is something that should not have happened. this is something the democrats, my good fr otrs, signed on to. it's a bill nobody read in this chamber we didn't vote for it,

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Charles B. Rangel: now you're saying if we don't vote for this coverup you're coming up with, we're the bad guys. we're not. the american people won't be fooled by this. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: let me say to my friend that you have to look at me and read my lips, this issue

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Speech By: Charles B. Rangel

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Charles B. Rangel: was not before the conference committee. now it may have been on the other side. and after i say that, i am telling you that this has nothing to do with this being the right time to correct wrong. these people are getting away with murder. they're getting paid for destruction they've caed our communities.

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Charles B. Rangel: and before we leave here, we have to decide not what th on the other side, because no one back home is asking about the conference report. they are asking, are these people going to take away