House Proceeding 03-18-09 on Mar 18th, 2009 :: 0:09:55 to 0:13:25
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Carolyn McCarthy: congressman platts and congressman mckeen mckeon for their cooperation. i want to recognize at this time subcommittee chair carolyn mccarthy, who has been a driving forc national for her work. i recognize her for three minute

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Speech By: Carolyn McCarthy

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Carolyn McCarthy: the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. mccarthy: i would also like to thank chairman miller for his leadership and for moving this important bill toward passage. also ranking member mckeon and certainly my good friend on my subcommittee on healthy families and communities, mr.

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Carolyn McCarthy: todd platts, i would like to thank them for the work they've done. also the staff. s that bill that's been put together for over a year and a half and they have worked tirelessly. last month, poth because ma ood many this chamber and called on congress to pass legislation to inspire a new generation of service and volunteers in our nation.

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Carolyn McCarthy: serving our fellow citizens for the sake of service itself has become a hallmark of who we are in americans. from president roosevelt's work to psident ken -- kennedy's peace corps, we have shown that americans respond when they are needed. mr. chairman, i want to say

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Carolyn McCarthy: that over the process of this last year and a half, so many different groups that have already been serving this country have come forward with new ideas, new suggestions, and we have put that all into this bill. the give act is a piece of legislation, in my opinion that is going to change again the way we as americans work together.

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Carolyn McCarthy: after world war ii, we had the veterans that came home and gave so much to this country to make it what it is. in this bill, we are reaching out from students in middle school, all the way through to our seniors and our retirees who are doneo much to improve people's lives. we have programs in here that

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Carolyn McCarthy: are going to help with our energy. we have mentoring programs, we have programs for our veterans coming home. to help other veterans get accustomed to being home again and helping them find jobs and also to see service. i have to say for those that have disabilities, we're bringing them into the fold now too.

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Carolyn McCarthy: so they can work with other students that might have disabilities and to help them. mr. speaker, this is a bill in my opinion, that is going to change the communities around this country. we have always seen americans stand together any time there was an emergency.

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Carolyn McCarthy: we saw that during, unfortunately, the hurricane katrina, we have seen it after 9/11, we have seen it in so many tragedies. this is going to encourage those that have been trained to continue with their service, to be there, the first responders, when neighbors need help. mr. speaker, this is a bill that republicans and democrats,

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Carolyn McCarthy: there's no name on this, on who should be part of this. this is a bill that can actually get this country up and going. we all know that we're facing terrible times during this economic downturn. i happen to believe that we will come out of it fully. i happen to be