House Proceeding 04-02-09 on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 0:34:10 to 0:35:50
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Eliot L. Engel: government sector. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon. mr. blumenauer: madam speaker, may i inquire as to the time remaining for both sides? the chair: the gentleman from oregon has 8 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from ohio has five minutes remaining. mr. blumenauer: thank you. madam speaker, i would like to

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Speech By: Eliot L. Engel

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Eliot L. Engel: yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: i thank the gent i rise in opposition to the amendment. i must say to my friends on the other side of the aisle, i think they've lost the moral right to lecture us about fiscal responsibility. given their record over the past eight years.

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Eliot L. Engel: i will support the ovell budget, although i want to state that i have a couple of reservations which i'm assured will be worked out. the cuts in function 150 and foreign assistance need to be restored and i believe ver strongly that the $250,000 threshold that the budget assumes in terms of taxings people above that needs to be raised because in high cost of living states like mine and new

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Eliot L. Engel: york, it is not fair to have it at that level, the level needs to be higher. i like this budget. it talks about the president's vision and america's vision. not only in terms of fixing our economy, but in terms of education, health care and energy. budget and reject this amendment. thank you.

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Eliot L. Engel: the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. jordan: yeah, i would be pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana. >> i speak against the democrat's budget and for the alternatives. just as john marshall said that the power to tax is the power to destroy, now that power