House Proceeding 10-23-09 on Oct 23rd, 2009 :: 0:48:55 to 0:50:15
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Dan Burton: soldiers the resrces they need to win the war in afghanistan and come home safe. . the speaker pro tempore: are there further one-minute requests? for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. burton: i ask consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without

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Speech By: Dan Burton

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Dan Burton: objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burton: i listened with great interest when our whip and the majority leader were talking a while ago and they were talking about how they would like to work with us so we could reach some kind of agreement on the public option plan, the government plan. and it brought to mind back when president obama came to our

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Dan Burton: caucus, our conference, early on in his administration and he indicated he wanted to work with us and wanted to have our input and came with great fanfare and the media was there saying here is this man, he wants to open this. he wants to work with republicans. this is the kind of president he need. he smiled, shook our hands, left the room, and wouldn't talk to us anymore. we have had absolutely no input

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Dan Burton: whatsoever into this health care plan. yet the facade has been created that we have. they blame us because things haven't happened. it's because their own caucus can't get together on a plan. the american people know that there's sha canery going on behind close -- sha canery -- chicanery goi on