House Proceeding 04-28-09 on Apr 28th, 2009 :: 0:02:40 to 0:07:55
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James P. McGovern: mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i want to -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. members anstaff will take their seats. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i'm honored to stand here today in support of the fiscal year

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: 2010 budget resolution conference report. i want to thank my friend, the budget committee chairman, john spratt, for his incredible work on this budget. he's smart, he's fair and no one cares more about these issues. i also want to thank our ranking member, paul ryan. i believe he's a thoughtful and bright member of this house even though we usually disagree on issues of the budget committee.

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James P. McGovern: i want to thank the staff of the budget committee, republican and democratic, for their tireless effort. madam speaker, the budget conference report that we're considering today represents so much more than a clean break from the past. it is a blueprint for the future. it is a road map for economic recovery and for investing in national priorities that will provide the american people

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James P. McGovern: with shared prosperity in the years and decades to come. the conference report lays the groundwork for health care reform, clean energy and quality education. it will create jobs, support working families, strengthen our national defense and renew america's global leadership. by cutting taxes for the middle class $1.5 trillion in tax cuts

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James P. McGovern: for over 95% of the american people. madam speaker, a in investing in affordable health care, education, clean energy in a fiscally responsible way, we are taking the first critical steps to l out of recession and creating good jobs for america's workers. for the last eight years president bush flat out mismanaged the federal budget.

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James P. McGovern: how? by enacting huge tax cuts for the wealthiest americans that led to skyro by spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the wars in iraq and afghanistan without paying for them, and by refusing to invest in the american people. this budget cuts the deficit by more than half by 2013.

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James P. McGovern: and in order to get us back on fiscally -- on a fiscally sustainable path, the budget provides a realistic assessment of our fiscal outlook. unlike the bush administration, we actually budget for the wars in iraq and afghanistan instead of hiding them under the emergency spending categories. that inevitably will occur.

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James P. McGovern: this conference report cuts taxes for 95% of americans. let me repeat that, madam speaker, because we'll hear a lot of rhetoric from the other side about taxes. this budget cuts taxes for 95% of americans. it provides immediate relief from the alternative minimum tax. it eliminates the estate tax on

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James P. McGovern: nearly all the states and works to close corporate loopholes. you see, all of us believes in altering the tax code. we believe we should reduce the tax burden on the middle class and those trying to get in the middle. we believe that corporations shouldn't be allowed to shirk their responsibility by hiding their profits in offshore tax havens. the other side believes we should reduce taxes for the very wealthiests.

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James P. McGovern: it's -- wealthiest. it's a simple different philosophy. and more importantly, the democratic budget actually what a welcome change from the past eight years. we invest in health care reform. not just to improve health care quality and improve coverage but to reduce the crushing burden of health care costs on american businesses.

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James P. McGovern: everybody likes to talk about health care reform. this budget actually lays the groundwork to get it done. we invest in clean energy in order to create jobs, improve the environment and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. and energy efficiency. everybody likes to talk about energy independence but this budget actually lays the groundwork to get it done.

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James P. McGovern: and we invest in education to reclaim our place as the best educated work force in the world. childhood education and to make college more affordable. everybody likes to talk about improving education. this budget actually provides the ground -- the basis to get it done. and this is a budget that will allocongress if and when the

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James P. McGovern: time comes to vote up or down on health care reform and education reform and avoid the infamous obstructionism so characteristic of the other body and the other side of the aisle. it certainly doesn't guarantee such passage of such reforms but it will allow for and require a straight up or down vote in each chamber. now, i know that change is hard.

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James P. McGovern: i know some of my colleagues want to cling desperately to the failed policies of the past. but the good news is that despite all the nasty press releases and television ads and talkadio attacks on the president, the american people still support president obama's vision for america. that's why this budget is so very important. this is a budget with a conscience.

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James P. McGovern: it is a budget that believes in the american spit, and it's a budget that fulfills the promises that the president made to the american people. madam speaker, we are at a crucial moment. our country can meet its potential, our children can have a better future, our economy can once again create good-paying jobs, but in order to make that happen we need change.

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James P. McGovern: we need to move in a bold