House Proceeding on Jul 26th, 2007 :: 0:00:05 to 0:02:23
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Jim Cooper: secretary. the secretary: i have been av directed by the senatcte to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 1642, to extend the authorization of programs under the higher education act of

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Speech By: Jim Cooper

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Jim Cooper: 1965, and for other purposes, in which the concurrence of the housere is requested. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 10 one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle.

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Jim Cooper: the gentleman from tennessee. >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cooper: mr. speaker, the one thing that we should all be able to agree

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Jim Cooper: on in this house regarding the upcoming farm bill is the need to reform crop insurance. the folks back home are demanding that we cut federaler spending. and this is not only a great way

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Jim Cooper: to do it, it's probably the best way to do it. there are only 16 crop insurance companies in america. sadly each one is addicted to corporate welfare from washington. reforming these companies

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Jim Cooper: can save at least $2 billion a year without hurting a single farmer . let's sop these middlemen fm taking 40 cents out of every dollar the taxpayers offer to help the american farmer. the cooper-waxman-mcgovern

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Jim Cooper: amendment unites this house from conservative blue dogs to progressive members. it's about partisan approach. we simply adopt the reform proposals of the bush administration. that's all

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Jim Cooper: we do. these are not radical ideas. these are usda approved. but they will save over $2 billion a year. it won't kill the industry. it will just trim back the massive subsidy flows. farm bill supporters

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Jim Cooper: should also endorse these because they reduce the need for new revenue and the ag committee itself recognizes the need for reform. they want to do it in the next farm bill. i thank the speaker.

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Jim Cooper: the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. davis: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: thank you,

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Jim Cooper: mr. speaker. being from tennessee the volunteer state, i volunteered to visit the men and women in uniform this past weekend. i wasn't disappointed. our troops are well trained, well motivated, and

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Dave Davis: successful. during my visit to iraq, i visited ramadi, which until just a few months ago was a killing field overrun by al qaeda. for the past hour years the people of ramadi were caught

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Speech By: Dave Davis