House Proceeding on Feb 8th, 2007 :: 0:00:00 to 0:20:00
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which way, including loose. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, request permission to address the

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house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: thank you, mr. speaker. the house will soon entertain a resolution relating to the surge. it is a nonbinding resolution. the war,

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Albio Sires: however, is binding. the supplemental resolution relating to funding will give congress an opportunity to take some binding action related to the war. congress' real power is to cut off funds.

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Speech By: Albio Sires

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Albio Sires: money is there right now to bring the troops home. and money to bring the troops home is part of a plan that involves bringing an international peacekeepers while our troops leave. i have

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Albio Sires: a 12-point plan which i have circulated among members of congress as to how we can get out of iraq. the american people will not tolerate nonbinding resolutions as being an excuse for strong

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Greg Walden: and substantive action to end the war as quickly as possible. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. pitts: permission to address the

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Speech By: Greg Walden

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Greg Walden: house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, yesterday the judiciary committee considered a bill to protect chickens, roosters from being carried across

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Jason Altmire: state lines for use in illegal cockfighting. an amendment was offered on a similar cross state line issue, protecting minor girls from being carried across state lines for the purpose of

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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: having an abortion without their parents' knowledge or consent. while the committee ultimately passed the animal protections, they wouldn't even allow a vote on protecting young girls. even

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Ted Poe: more outrageous, the substance of the rejected amendment has passed twice in the house last year with large bipartisan majorities. mr. speaker, in case anyone's having trouble following this,

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: let's summarize. by rejecting this amendment, democrats saw fit to provide greater protections to birds than to minor girls and their parents and unborn children. it's as simple as that.

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Dennis J. Kucinich: this is supposed to be the year of the children? not all of the children. welcome to the pelosi congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york

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Speech By: Dennis J. Kucinich

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Dennis J. Kucinich: rise? mr. towns: to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. towns: mr. speaker, it is becoming clear day by day the president's

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Joseph R. Pitts: troop escalation plan is not in the best interest of this nation. first, the nonpartisan congressional budget office said the president's troop escalation plan would take substantially more troops and

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Speech By: Joseph R. Pitts

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Joseph R. Pitts: more money than the president has suggested. the president says 21,500 troops are needed. the c.b.o. says 48,000 troops are needed. to conduct the mission. the president says it would cost about

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Edolphus Towns: $5.6 billion. but c.b.o. says that the number could be four times higher than that. second, the administration's intelligence agencies concluded last week that violence will continue in iraq

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Speech By: Edolphus Towns

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Edolphus Towns: for at least another 18 months. but the president says, this plan, his plan will calm the violence in six months. and third, pentagon officials admitted last week that they do not have enough

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Joe Wilson: armored vehicles. armored kits and other equipment needed to protect these additional troops. mr. speaker, after hearing these three different facts, how can anyone believe the president's

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Speech By: Joe Wilson

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Joe Wilson: troop escalation plan is in the best interest of this country? on that note i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker,

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Joe Wilson: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, last month the low country director

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Bruce Braley: of the office of south carolina's second congressional district departed. ted felder, who has served the second district since my election in 2001, has been named economic development director

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Speech By: Bruce Braley

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Bruce Braley: for the city of hardyville which will be one of the fastest-growing cities in america in the next decade. as a native of saint matthews, ted graduated from the university of south carolina. he and

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Bruce Braley: his wife have a nine-month-old son. and as a long time friend of ted's parents, i have known ted since he was a small child. i have also had the honor of serving with john in the general

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Virginia Foxx: assembly. i appreciate ted's dedication to the low country and the needs of its constituents. i know he'll bring the same commitment to the residents of hardyville. he has trained his successor,

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alan, to be accessible and accountable with office manager deiana congressers. in conclusion, got bless our troops. we'll never forget september 11. our prayers are where congressman charlie

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norwood, his wife, and his family. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? >> i seek unanimous consent

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Jeb Hensarling: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the city much dubuque, iowa, the oldest city in

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Speech By: Jeb Hensarling

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Jeb Hensarling: iowa, located among the bluffs of the mississippi river, for being named one of the 100 best communities for young people by america's promise. iat had been enjoying record profits and

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Jeb Hensarling: instead put that money into research and opportunities for alternative renewable energy sources. many of us come from states that have been taking steps to focus on energy independence and clean

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Jeb Hensarling: energy sources. my own state of vermont has established a utility called efficiency vermont that actually makes benefits for vermonters by finding ways to use less energy. keeping money in our pocket.

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Jeb Hensarling: we have created a clean energy fund. something in effect that we are on a start to do with the legislation we passed in the six for 2006. and we established appliance efficiency standards

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Peter Welch: that when implemented can save vermonters and other citizens from states that have joined us, millions of dollars in energy costs. in addition to just the very practical steps this legislation

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Speech By: Peter Welch

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Peter Welch: is taking, having government assist in coming up with standards to measure what biofuel content is, having government help come up with research money so that we can add additives to these

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Peter Welch: low sulfur, less polluting fuels, helping our small businesses, the mom and pop convenience stores that have gas pumps, and would face an expense of 30,000 to $200,000 to retrofit or to replace

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Geoff Davis: existing facilities in order to be able to dispense the new fuels that our private morkt is producing. this is a concrete step where government is helping on the energy front, helping

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Speech By: Geoff Davis

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Geoff Davis: small business by assisting and coming up with practical low-cost ways to make it easy to dispense this fuel. and get it to the consumer. these are steps where the government is acting as a partner with

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Geoff Davis: industry, a partner with our small businesses, and doing some things that require the practical and efficient application of resources of the people of this country. mr. president, there