House Proceeding 05-20-08 on May 20th, 2008 :: 0:45:16 to 0:47:36
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the senate provision is patterned after the w.i.c. nutrition programs for women, children and infants and provides a state agency similar to w.i.c. eligibility. unfortunately, the house

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Brad Ellsworth: majority's refusal has stopped this from moving forward. the men and women serving our country is waiting for us to act, and i hope the changes made by the senate, which narrow the scope

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Speech By: Brad Ellsworth

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Brad Ellsworth: of the program, will address many of the majority's concerns and a compromised can be reach. until then, military families are applying to live in affordable housing continue to encounter

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Brad Ellsworth: this discrimination. while i will vote for h.r. 6081, our military men and women deserve beater shot at affordable housing. i yield back the balance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

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Brad Ellsworth: yields back the lance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. sestak: i yield two minutes to my colleague from indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two

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Brad Ellsworth: minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house resolution 6081, the heroes earnings assistance and relief tax act of 2008. this

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Brad Ellsworth: important legislation will provide well-deserved tax benefits to assist our military personnel and their families, our veterans and a group that doesn't get nearly enough credit across our nation,

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Brad Ellsworth: the volunteer firefighters. i would like to discuss for a minute and pick up on what congressman emanuel said a few minutes ago and discuss one of the offsets used to pay for this tax relief

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Brad Ellsworth: for american heroes. it has been reported that recently some government contractors are using offshore tax havens to avoid paying the payroll xes that they owe our government. we introduced

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Brad Ellsworth: a fair share act to put a stop to this abuse. as a blue dog and a believer in pay-as-you-go budgeting, i'm proud to have that included in this bill today. it will end the practice of government

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Brad Ellsworth: contractors setting up shell companies in the cayman companies to avoid paying medicare and payroll taxes. the people back home in indiana play by the rules and pay their taxes. i don't think

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Brad Ellsworth: it's too much to have the government contractors do the same. they are receiving billions in tax dollars. i think it's time they do the same thing. so i urge my colleagues to support this

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Brad Ellsworth: bill and send a strong message to the congress that's not going to stand by and let contractors cheat their workers, cheat the government and cheat the american taxpayers. i yield back. .

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Brad Ellsworth: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. mccrery: i ask unanimous consent that mr. willer be allocateded -- be allowed to allocate the time on my side. the speaker pro tempore:

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Jim McCrery: the gentleman from illinois. mr. weller: it's my understanding we have no additional speakers. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr.