House Proceeding 05-17-06 on May 17th, 2006 :: 2:27:55 to 2:47:55
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Speech By: Chris Chocola

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Chris Chocola: mr. diaz-balart: at this time we reserve. the chairman: the chair wreck -- mr. watt: would the chair repeat what he just said. the chairman: the gentleman from florida has the right to close.

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Jeb Hensarling: mr. watt: can i make a parliamentary inquiry as to why that is the case? it's our amendment. the chairman: the gentleman from florida is the manager in opposition of the amendment. so by house

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Jeb Hensarling: rules the manager in opposition has the right to close. mr. watt: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from ohio, mrs. jones. the chairman: the gentlewoman is recognized for one

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Marsha Blackburn: minute. mrs. jones: thank you. i'd like to commend my chairman, mel watt, for the work he's done in this area and particularly my colleague, mr. scott, bobby scott from virginia, for all of

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Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn: his work. i want to focus on one particular area. and that is the provision of the c.b.c. budget that doubles training funds for trade adjustment assistance programs to $518 million. this

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Marsha Blackburn: program was established in 1962 and it assists workers who have lost their jobs due to international trade by providing unemployment and job training. we keep hearing from the republican side

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Marsha Blackburn: that, unemployment is down and dollars are up. but in my congressional district there are areas where unemployment is significant and specifically due to trade. i ask all of you to join us in supporting

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Marsha Blackburn: the c.b.c. budget that provides for job training and unemployment assistance for those workers who would love to pay taxes if they only had a job. i yield back the balance of my time. the chairman:

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Marsha Blackburn: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from florida reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt: mr. chairman, i yield

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: one minute to the gentlelady from texas, ms. johnson. the chairman: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. johnson: let me thank the chairman of the congressional black caucus and most especially mr. scott

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Speech By: Sheila Jackson-Lee

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: for their unwavering support for the development of the c.b.c. alternative budget that encompasses progressive and visionary funding motivated by principle and compassion. the c.b.c. alternative

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: understands our nation's transportation system is the backbone of our economy and a way of life. either of which we cannot afford to shortchange. the c.b.c. budget increases funding for public

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: transportation, amtrak, the airport improvement program, and other vital infrastructure program crucial to ensure stable economy. the c.b.c. alternative supports greater competitiveness in science

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: and technology. as a senior member of the science committee, i feel it is important to invest in our children's future. federal entitlements such as nasa and the national science foundation

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: needs funding to inspire today's youth so that we can have a future in research. i ask, mr. speaker, that members of this body listen to their conscious. we are in a position to prevent funding atrocities

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: to demise progress. the nation's budget cannot be based on one party's sole agenda. we cannot allow societal factors to divide us. the chairman: the gentlelady's time has expired. who seeks

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: -- the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: if i may inquire, mr. chairman, how many speakers the sponsor of the amendment has lined up still. mr. watt: if the gentleman would give us more

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: time we have a whole list of speakers over here. but we are going to run out of time before we run out of speakers i can assure you. mr. diaz-balart: i thank the gentleman for his answer. will

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: i always try to accommodate him as much as possible as long as we have enough time to close. mr. watt: will you give us some time? mr. diaz-balart: let me see if i can work that out. let's

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: see how we are doing. thank you, mr. chairman. the chairman: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt: i yield to the gentleman from florida for a unanimous consent request. because we don't

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: have enough time for him to speak. mr. hastings: i thank the chairman. i rise in support of the c.b.c. morally and fiscally responsible budget. and ask unanimous consent to revise and

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: extend his remarks. the chairman: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. owens. the chairman: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Jeb Hensarling: mr. owens: i thank the chairman. mr. speaker, the c.b.c. budget continues to clearly support education and job training as it's number one priority. over a five-year period $80 billion

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Jeb Hensarling: in increased funding is recommended. everybody in washington talks about the dangers, deficiencies in american education. when compared to other industrialized nations and china. 23 years ago when

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J. Gresham Barrett: i came here, a nation at risk was commissioned by president reagan and it said the same things about how deficient our education system was. several recent studies also indicate this same kind

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Speech By: J. Gresham Barrett

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J. Gresham Barrett: of deficiencies in math and science and other areas. oprah winfrey and bill and melinda gates have taken this alarm to the mass audience. the whining and complaining about education goes on

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J. Gresham Barrett: and on here in washington but nobody wants to appropriate any money except the c.b.c. mr. speaker, the future prosperity and security of our nation is clearly dependent on our human resources.

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J. Gresham Barrett: our brainpower. and that brainpower, large parts of it, and they need more funding for education in our communities. i urge all members to vote for this c.b.c. budget as a budget that deals

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J. Gresham Barrett: with the priority of education. the chairman: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chairman. april trying to see if we can work out

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Edward J. Markey: to give the sponsor a little more time. with the indulgence of the chair. i want to make sure. i believe we have 4 1/2 minutes. the chairman: the gentleman from florida has 4 1/2 minutes remaining.

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Speech By: Edward J. Markey

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Edward J. Markey: mr. diaz-balart: at this time i reserve. thank you. the chairman: the gentleman from florida reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt: how much time remains

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Edward J. Markey: on our side? the chairman: the gentleman from north carolina has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. watt: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. waters. the chairman: the gentlelady

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Edward J. Markey: is recognized for one minute. ms. waters: thank you, mr. speaker. the c.b.c. budget is the most fiscally responsible budget. it creates a balanced budget by eliminating the tax cuts for those earning

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Edward J. Markey: more than $200,000 and eliminates tax abuse shelters and corporate tax loopholes, unlike the republican budget that underfunds education. the c.b.c. budget fully funds no child left behind.

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Edward J. Markey: unlike the republican budget that cuts health care for programs, including medicare, the c.b.c. budget provides $20 billion for health care for the more than 45 million uninsured americans.

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Edward J. Markey: the c.b.c. budget honors our veterans returning from iraq by providing $150 million more for veterans' mental health program and $200 million for direct medical services. finally it gives

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Edward J. Markey: real meaning to protecting our homeland by providing an additional $1 billion for port security, $50 million for air marshals, and $420 million for police and fire departments. the first responders

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Edward J. Markey: to a disaster or terrorist attacks. the c.b.c. budget is balanced and creates a surplus by 2011. i urge my chegs to reject the irresponsible -- colleagues to reject the irresponsible republican budget

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Jeb Hensarling: and adopt the c.b.c. budget. the chairman: the gentlewoman's time has expeered. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: what i would like to do, mr. chairman, in an abundance of fairness

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Virginia Foxx: is cede one minute and a half to the sponsors of the amendment with the huge tax increases on the american people. the chairman: is there objection? the gentleman from north carolina has an

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Virginia Foxx: additional 1 1/2 minutes. mr. watt: would the chairman tell me what that means i have left total? the chairman: the gentleman has two minutes remaining. two minutes. mr. watt: mr. chairman,

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Virginia Foxx: i will yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. watson. the chairman: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. watson: mr. speaker, this fits a well worn routine, another

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Virginia Foxx: year, another republican budget awash in red ink. a reflection of the same failed priorities that have caused the federal debt to balloon by $3.5 trillion since president bush took office.

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Virginia Foxx: mr. speaker, we often talk about the national debt and budget deficit as though they were abstract, value neutral terms. in fact, they are very real threats to the security, prosperity,

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Jeb Hensarling: and health of our nation. the national budget of the national debt is money borrowed from our children and grandchildren's future. furthermore, this budget slashes funding for the priorities critical

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Jeb Hensarling: to american families. community health funding is cut by $99 million. renewable energy programs are cut to protect billions in tax giveaways to oil companies. hundreds of thousands of

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Phil Gingrey: veterans will face new health care fees. budgets are statements of what we value here in congress, and this budget's lack of values should shame us all. thank you, mr. speaker. the chairman:

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Phil Gingrey: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chairman. at this time i would like to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from california. the chairman:

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Phil Gingrey: the gentleman is recognized. mr. campbell: thank you, mr. speaker. what i hear and see here is four things, tax, spend, smoke, and mirrors. tax, we have seen, we have heard, half a trillion dollars

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Phil Gingrey: over five years, massive tax increase, as yet not clearly defined but a massive tax increase nonetheless. spend, spending nearly % increase in spending -- 7% increase in spending. and

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Jeb Hensarling: spending supposedly as the way to get us out of the deficit. smoke to hide those things which are not addressed in the budget such as the spending necessary for the war in afghanistan and

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Paul Ryan: iraq. and to deal with the ever escalating entitlement spending that we have going forth, and mirrors used to make all of this look like somehow it is going to reduce the deficit over time,

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Speech By: Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan: which i assure you, mr. speaker, with the reduction to the economic growth that this will do and the additional spending that's in here and the lack of reform on that spending, i assure you,

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Paul Ryan: reducing the deficit is one thing this budget will not do. i reserve the balance of my time. the chairman: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt: mr. chairman,

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Paul Ryan: i yield myself the balance of the time. the chairman: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. watt: i will let my colleagues and the american people determine what our budget does, but let

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Paul Ryan: me summarize it. the c.b.c. budget balances the budget in five years and is the only budget you are going to see on this floor tonight that yields a surplus at the end of five years instead

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Paul Ryan: of a deficit. the c.b.c. saves $10.5 billion in interest on the national debt over that period. the c.b.c. budget adopts the pay-go rules, which you-all have forgotten about. even with those

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Scott Garrett: accomplishments, the c.b.c. budget funds these important programs, $80 billion more on education and job training, $20 billion more on veterans' benefits and services, $20 billion more on health

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Speech By: Scott Garrett

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Scott Garrett: care, $6 billion more on community and regional development, including the gulf coast, and billions more on research, nutrition and food programs. where do we get it from? on that money that comes

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Scott Garrett: from people making over $200,000 a year. the chairman: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. watt: we think these are higher priorities and we are honest enough to tell you so. the chairman: the gentleman's

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Scott Garrett: time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. clart: thank you, -- mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chairman. there is a huge difference between our budget and this budget

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Scott Garrett: by the c.b.c. the prestigious members of the democratic caucus. they increase taxes on the american people by almost $1 trillion over five years while cutting defense spending in a time of war.

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Scott Garrett: to put it in perspective, let's look at this. look at all the countries, south of mexico, all the caribbean, all of central and south america. their expenditures over one year are smaller

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Steve King: than the tax increases that this amendment proposes to impose on the hard-working american people over the next five years. that's the reality. the bottom line is if you believe in massive

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Speech By: Steve King

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Steve King: tax increases, large enough to fund the expenditures of all the countries in latin america, if you believe in that, you would support this amendment. if you believe that the american people

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Steve King: are paying enough in taxes, that we've got to use it more efficiently, and that we should not cut defense spending in a time of war, i would urge my colleagues to respectfully oppose this well-intentioned

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Steve King: but devastating amendment to the american taxpayer and to the american economy. with that, i yield back my time. the chairman: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from

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Steve King: north carolina. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. watt: mr. chairman, on that i request a recorded vote and pending that,

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Steve King: i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the chairman: the chair will count for a quorum. will the gentleman withdraw his point of order? mr. watt: i withdraw my point of order if

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Eric Cantor: i get a vote. the chairman: the chair will count for a recorded vote. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device.

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Speech By: Eric Cantor

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