House Proceeding 02-25-09 on Feb 25th, 2009 :: 1:07:05 to 1:09:05
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James P. McGovern: that they will recognize that the borrowing money is a sad way to run the business. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, how much time do i have remaing? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has four minutes remaining. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: me begin by thanking chairman obey and members of the appropriations comttee on both sides of the aisle and their staff for their tireless efforts in trying to put together a bill that will help the american people. i urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill. this is, as i said earlier, a completion of last year's work. unfortunately, the white house refused to negotiate with the

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James P. McGovern: congress. they showed an incredible amount of disrespect and indifference to what congressional leaders of both parties had to say. and it was their way or the highway. and so here we a we're trng to wrap up last year's work in a way that will help the american people. my colleague from texas talks about, you know, that we should have a freeze on all spending.

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James P. McGovern: well, given this committee, that kind of olook would put -- that kind of policy would leave a lot of people in the cold. it will take some government investment to get us out of this ditch that we're in. and no matter how you want to look at it, no matter how -- the graphs and charts are all the same that these last years this administration's policies,

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James P. McGovern: with the help of a lot of my friends on the other side of the aisle when they were in charge of congress, drove this economy in the ditch and we need to get out of the ditch. mr. speaker, i should also tell this rule will prevent members of congress from receiving a pay raise and they have an opportunity to vote up or down on this vote. a vote against this rule and i would say a vote against the

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James P. McGovern: bill is a vote for the congressional pay raise. so if you have said publicly that you oppose the congressional pay raise, at you would vote an increase in your salary if you could, well, here's your chance. if you vote no on the rule and you vote no on the underlying bill, then you are voting increase your pay.