House Proceeding 01-29-08 on Jan 29th, 2008 :: 1:49:32 to 1:52:08
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Speech By: Eric Cantor

1:49:18 to 1:49:32( Edit History Discussion )

Eric Cantor: this deficit. we are finally seeing perhaps the end of these deficits and now with this and withth everything that's going on, we are looking at increasing it for the first time in four

1:49:32 to 1:49:47( Edit History Discussion )

Lloyd Doggett: years. maybe going back to a deficit as much as $400 billion which gets us back to where we were -- almost to where we were before 9/11. fourth, i know that inot says in there that nonresident

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Speech By: Lloyd Doggett

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Lloyd Doggett: aliens, meaning illegal aliens, will not get -- are not supposed to get s a check. howeve r this is a 2007 1040 form, if you look at itt you can look around all over the place and see there is

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Lloyd Doggett: no box to check where it says i am a nonresident or illegal alien, and therefore am not subject -- not eligible to receive this check. this thing is ripe for fraud because you sd in a tax return,

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Lloyd Doggett: pay no money, and get a check. so there will be opportunities for fraud. finally, fifth, it goes against all of our long-term goals. we all sit in here on a bipartisan basis, particularly

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Lloyd Doggett: my friends in the democratic aisle recently have talked about reducing the deficit and getting to a balanced budget. we have talkedn this country that we don't save enough. we talked in this

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Lloyd Doggett: country that many times we need to invest more as some of our friends in some of the emerging markets are doing. and we are sending completely the wrong message here. a message is don't

1:50:58 to 1:51:14( Edit History Discussion )

Lloyd Doggett: save, spend. a message for the government which is don't save, don't balance, but spend. we do need stimulus. we suld be providing stimulus that attacks the problem. if your leg hurts, don't do

1:51:14 to 1:51:28( Edit History Discussion )

Lloyd Doggett: something to try and help your arm. help your leg. our leg hurts. the leg that hurts is credit and capital. and there is stimulus we could do that would enhance the availability of credit and

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Lloyd Doggett: encourage the movement and investment of capital. unfortunately this doesn't do that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.me the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank:

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Lloyd Doggett: mr. speaker, as i listened to my friend from california, i was struck ass he excoriated the president's program thatog in his metaphor he seems to think the president can't tell one body

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Lloyd Doggett: patert from another. which is a troubling fact. i will now yield one minute to the -- i yield. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to allow the remainder of my time to be controlled by the gentleman

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Shelley Moore Capito: from connecticut, mr. larson. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman will control the time. mr. frank: i yield one minute to the majority leader, a very wished leader,

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Speech By: Shelley Moore Capito