House Proceeding 04-02-09 on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 0:43:20 to 0:44:50
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Chaka Fattah: mr. speaker, i urge us to reject the overall budget. adopt something we can actually afford and sustain and that will get us growing economically again. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. who yields time? the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: madam chair, i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fattah.

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Speech By: Chaka Fattah

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Chaka Fattah: the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. fattah: i ask unanimous remarks. the chair: without objection, so ordered. mr. fattah: and to my great friend from arizona, sometimes when you're turning into a 18-wheeler, you should turn around and get away. no matter what the cost of education, ignorance costs our country more.

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Chaka Fattah: what we have is some who stand in opposition today. they know the cost of everything, but the value of seemingly nothing. it is critically important, and that's why the conscience of the c.b.c. members dictates that this alternative be brought to the floor, that we point a direction, not just complain and recite the

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Chaka Fattah: problems but that we offer up real solutions and that we're required to as members of this body not just to go along to get along. and as a major supporter of president obama's budget and program, i think he's moving our country in the right direction. but it's impornt for us to shoulder that more can be done

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Chaka Fattah: and should be done. i believe as we go forward it will be done. we will work together. republicans have forfeited