House Proceeding 02-25-09 on Feb 25th, 2009 :: 0:36:05 to 0:38:00
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James P. McGovern: 10 stimulus bills. no jobs, no economic growth, and the largest per capita debt in the world. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman from texas has expired. who seeks recognition at this time? the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i want to remind the previous speaker and some of my friends on the other side

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: that they have been in charge for eight years in the white house. six of those eight years they have been in charge of the congress. they can't blame this on bill clinton. who by the way left the white house with a surplus. this is the mr. hensarling: would the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: this is the debt that's been accumulated during the bush administration. the debt has doubled during this past administration.

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James P. McGovern: this is the legacy of their policies. the election was about change. people have had it. people want investments not in tax cuts for the wealthy but investments in education -- at this point i will not. investments in transportation and education. in the future of this country. but this is what they created.

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James P. McGovern: this is undeniable. this is what happened during the bush yrs. a doubling of the and that is a legacy that our kids and grandkids are going to have to pay for. i give president obama a great deal of credit in this tough economic crisis to not only understand that we need to invest in our people to help create jobs, help get this economy back o the right track,

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James P. McGovern: but he also said last night, very clearly, that we are going to be fiscally responsible and we are going to cut the deficit in half in four years. that is a benchmark that he will be measured by. and i will tell you i think that what he said last night was what the american people wanted to hear. it's why he won the election in november. i reserve the balance of my time.

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James P. McGovern: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas, for what purpose does do you rise? mr. sessions: at this time i'd like to yield the gentleman from texas a minute for his opportunity to respond. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. hensarling: i thank the gentleman for yielding once again.