House Proceeding 10-02-07 on Oct 2nd, 2007 :: 0:02:04 to 0:03:59
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Speech By: Daniel Coughlin

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Daniel Coughlin: the pledge of allegiance wie ll be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. mr. pitts: i invite our guests in the balcony to join us in saying the pledge. i pledge allegiance to

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Jim Cooper: the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will

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Speech By: Jim Cooper

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Jim Cooper: entertain requests for one minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore:

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Jim Cooper: without objection. mr. cooper: mr. speaker, brush having vetoed fewer bills than almost any presidentmo in american history is now talking i about vetoing many bills. one of these is thes

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Jim Cooper: children's health insurance bill, i the so-called chip or schip piece of legislation. to veto this bill would be a big mistake. one reason is the senate's already demonstrated it has the i

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Jim Cooper: votes for an override and i think in the house it's just a question of time. until we have the votes to override. ov but the key point is this, it's a good bill. and i don't say that light. i

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Jim Cooper: voted against the first version of the schip legislation that came through the house. i thought it was unaffordable and over the half the bill wasn't for kids at all. it was for senior citizens.

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Jim Cooper: this bill is tightly focused on poor children, poor children, only up to 200% of poverty, not the $80,000 you may be hearing about on talk radio. these are the tiny tims of the united states.

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Jim Cooper: president bush should not want to play ebb kneesier scrooge in this play. -- ebenezer scrooge in this place. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise?

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Jim Cooper: mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, harry , shuler dent

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Jim Cooper: passed away friday. the charleston post courier c recognized him as the h father of the present day south carolina republican party and a white house southern strategist. lee bandy of columbia's

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estate outlined his career as a journalist, chief of staff for senator strom thurmond, white house deputy counsel and founder of a multinational lay ministry. i was grateful to see firsthand