House Proceeding on Sep 25th, 2008 :: 0:00:00 to 0:01:19
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Christopher Shays: it comes to protecting the taxpayer. now we have evenw persuaded the majority of the house and senate at and white house to do theho right thing. i hope that we can have a substantial vote

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Speech By: Christopher Shays

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Christopher Shays: of support on th is suspension for professionalizing theiz inspectors general of the united statofes of america. i thank the chair for yieldingin the time. thank you. the speaker pro temporspe: the

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Christopher Shays: gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman fromth connecticut is recognized. d.mr. shays: thank you, madam ha speaker. . this legislation is essential ia if the united states

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Christopher Shays: congress is going to do its job. o our job is not just writiisng legislation, our job is o to do proper oversight of all the various departments and agencies. we have inspector generals that are

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Christopher Shays: assigned for each of our departments. we have some who do a really outstanding jo b, and we have ve some that do a good job and we have some that frankly need to do a bet ter job.ob i thin

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Christopher Shays: k this will help professionalize this agency, this function in our governmenn t in a way that's very t important for our people, for our country, very important for the majority party

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Edolphus Towns: andma the minority y party as well. el we want a more efficient government. we want a better run government. inspector generals help us do that. does the gentleman have other speakers mr.

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Speech By: Edolphus Towns