House Proceeding 11-06-09 on Nov 6th, 2009 :: 1:55:55 to 1:57:10
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Tom Cole: -- the pelosi bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: so

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Speech By: Tom Cole

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Tom Cole: ordered. the gentleman is recognized. >> i thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, one of the impact of the proposed health care legislation that has not received the attention it deserves is the huge, unfunded mandate it will place on our respective state governments. as every member of this body knows, each state in america is struggling to balance its

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Tom Cole: budget, often cutting services to the bone. i asked my own state legislative leaders how the state of oklahoma would be implemented by speaker pelosi's health care bill. they reported that in oklahoma this will result in at least $128 million in annual costs to state government. that will require either

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Tom Cole: draconian cut tosser vises such as education, transportation, and public safety, or substantial increases in state taxes. mr. speaker, the democratic effort to mask the true cost of this legislation is a scandal. if passed, the pelosi health