House Proceeding on Sep 28th, 2008 :: 0:15:40 to 0:22:34
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Speech By: Gary L. Ackerman

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Gary L. Ackerman: from henry v called, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers. so with apologies to william shakespeare, i belie ive there will be a banff patrioticri representatives today and ti tomorrow

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Scott Garrett: who will resistl being led into making an egregious mistake for our nation. september 28 and september 29 will b e insignificantan days. we will remember. we fac e a challge to our country and

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Speech By: Scott Garrett

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Scott Garrett: our way of life. l i urge my colleagues not to be fooled by the vote.y we wil l not be a happy few if we are presented a plan p that takes $200 billion to $700 billion from our taxpayers

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Scott Garrett: to try to solve a problem that is caused by other members of this body who do not w understand fundamentally what has made this country great. but we will be right. the very people in

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Scott Garrett: both theot house and senate to help create e this problem , including the t chairman of thee respective committees in the house and senate, gave fannie mae and a freddie mac the authority to abuse

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Scott Garrett: our systems and they are now crafting theft bailout. they blame others but hundreds of articles, which i will submit f or the record, i urge u my colleagues not to be swayed by this

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Scott Garrett: song we got here, just simply go to youtube and put in burning down the house and you wil l get a better understanding of just how we got here and why we should not be going back to the very

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Brad Sherman: same parties who bro ught us here this -- with this solution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. >> i ask consent to address the es house for one

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Speech By: Brad Sherman

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Brad Sherman: minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> the "new york times" reports that the administration has finally agreed to two of theth tiniest fig leaves designed

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Brad Sherman: to help members vote for trshis bad bill. the first is that the bill will include a provision tovi require some future president tont propose a revenue bill to pay for the hundred of

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Brad Sherman: billionhusf dollars we're going to lose. no w, how meaningless is there this? if a president likes and wants to give as you revenue bill, he'll do it withoutl a statutory s directive and

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Brad Sherman: if he sends us a tax-racing bill with a note saying that he hate -- tax-raising bill with a note saying he hates it, such a proposal is dead on arrival. if this is what it means to say you've

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Brad Sherman: paid for a bill, then will this same pay for definition apply when we are discussing bills, notsi giving money to wall street but future bills that will provide fator transportation a nd health

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Brad Sherman: care and tax cut s to the middle class? cl the second fignd leaf is the l insurance division. they hate it, they won't use it and if they did use it, it would i send perhaps even more money

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Brad Sherman: to wall street. this bill involves hundreds ofve billions of dolflars going tong bail out foreign o investors and million-itn- dollar-a-month salaries will continue to go to t wall street

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Brad Sherman: executives. that's why 400 eminent economics e professors, including, three nobel lawyer yets have written to us to say, we ask w congress c not to rush, tuso hold appropriate hearings and toar

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Michael C. Burgess: carefully considerhe right course of action. 40040 professors ofof economics, three nobel laureates say, do not panic, holdd hearings, let's write this bill b well. thank you. the speaker

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Speech By: Michael C. Burgess

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Michael C. Burgess: pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. >> mr. speaker, i also come to c the floor today to talk about this $700 billil by -- bill --il billion bill that's

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Michael C. Burgess: in front of us. we have seen no bill. we are here debating talking points of her happens youpe the -- perhaps the largest fundamental change inge our nation'urs financial system in its

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Michael C. Burgess: history. house republicans have been cut out of the process. p not only have we boneen cut out of the process, we've also been de rided by the leadership of theof democratic party and called

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Michael C. Burgess: unpatriot its --io unpatriotic foric not participating. .i have been thrown out of more meet ngs this capitol in the last 24 hours than i ever e thought possible as a deuleel elected representative

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Michael C. Burgess: of 820,000 citizens of north texas. mr. speaker, politics ieas a full-contact sport and-c i understand that, but it is at full-contact sport in thert light of day, in the p tublic arena.

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Michael C. Burgess: since we didn't have hearings, since we didn't have markups, let's at least put this legislation up on tslhe internet t for 24 hours. that 's what thomas was madema for. le t's do that and

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Frank Jr.Pallone: let a the american people see what we have w done in the dark of night.ht after all, i have not gotten any more mail, any he moreny emails on any other subject than this one that is befores us

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Frank Jr.Pallone: today. mr. speaker, i understand we're under marital law ars declared by the speaker last nightment i think it's ironic. house repub licans have not been needed for a single thing in this house

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Frank Jr.Pallone: to assure passage for the last 22 months. and today we're going to be asked to vote for a bill for political cover because democrats are too weako to stand up to their speaker. i yield back. the

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Frank Jr.Pallone: speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pallone: