House Proceeding on Feb 13th, 2009 :: 0:21:25 to 0:22:45
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Ted Poe: american recovery and investment act today. i have the right to close but in the end i will urge my colleagues to vote yes. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. mr. dreier: may i inquire how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has four minutes remaining.

0:21:25 to 0:22:45( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Ted Poe

0:21:43 to 0:22:05( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: mr. dreier: i'd like to recognize my good friend from texas for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: procedure is important, procedure rules are important because they are placed there for a reason this house unanimously voted there should be 48 hours after a bill is filed before we voted on it. the reason for that is to give us time to read it.

0:22:06 to 0:22:26( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: it's unconscionable we would vote on a 1,000-page bill without at least reading the bill. but we didn't get 48 hours. i guess the motion really meant four to eight hour, because that's all we've really received, four to eight hours, decide whether or not to proceed or not. bill.

0:22:27 to 0:22:50( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: let's stay here until tomorrow, or sunday, ormond. let's read the bill, regardless of our position on it, then we can be knowledgeable to vote on this package one way or the other. the idea that we'll vote on a bill we haven't read is unconscionable.