House Proceeding 07-18-06 on Jul 18th, 2006 :: 1:57:16 to 1:59:38
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Speech By: Marilyn N. Musgrave

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Marilyn N. Musgrave: laws have always sought to encourage, not undermine traditional families. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. i yield back. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

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Martin T. Meehan: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i am pleased to extend -- to yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts.

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Speech By: Martin T. Meehan

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Martin T. Meehan: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. meehan: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the republican party in america and what do you

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Martin T. Meehan: do? you've had control of the house of representatives. you control the supreme court. you control the united states senate. you control the white house. what are you going to do? seven million people

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Martin T. Meehan: in america unemployed, 46 million americans that don't have health insurance, the minimum wage hasn't been increased in nearly a decade, the gap between people who are wealthy and people

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Martin T. Meehan: who are poor are getting wider and wider, we have a war in iraq that's killed 2,500 americans, 20,000 americans seriously injured, a policy going in the wrong direction, you have a failed prescription

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Martin T. Meehan: drug plan written by the prescription drug industry behind closed doors that is confusing seniors, it's going to cost taxpayers $700 billion, gasoline is $3 a gallon at the pump, global warming

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Martin T. Meehan: is threatening our environment and our health. what are you going to do? let's have a debate about gay marriage again on the floor of the house. we're not going to debate an exit strategy in

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Martin T. Meehan: iraq, we don't have a plan to lower the cost of gasoline, we don't have a plan to provide health care or to give american seniors the ability to buy prescription drugs at a low cost in bulk.

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Martin T. Meehan: oh, no. oh, no. this is tuesday in washington, in the house of representatives, we're going to debate gay marriage. this debate is meant to do nothing more than get the american people to electric

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Martin T. Meehan: at other issues, ignore gas -- to look at other issues, ignore gas prices, ignore the unemployment rate. let's talk about gay marriage. i'm proud to be from massachusetts and represent 8,000

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Martin T. Meehan: couples who have been married. and let me tell you about one of the couples in my district. bonni winnaker and her partner, mary mccarthy, have been together for 19 years. but for 17 of those

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years bonni was unable to provide mary health care benefits she was afforded as a high school math teacher. two years ago they got married, and now this happy couple has health insurance.