Senate Proceeding on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 1:04:40 to 1:06:40
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John McCain: best hope that we have. madam president, with that, i'll yield the floor and retain the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the senator from ari mr. mccain: i yield myself a couple of minutes. first of all, the fundamental

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Speech By: John McCain

1:04:59 to 1:05:21( Edit History Discussion )

John McCain: difference between the proposal before us and my proposal is that the budget, as proposed, has a growth in 2010 for non-defense spend about 1% growth in each of the following years from 2011 to

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John McCain: 2014, that's an old gimmick, madam president. the budget proposal before us caps discretionary spending in 2010 which fon the costs in the lter you know we will find ourselves back here listening to why the administration can't possibly

1:05:47 to 1:06:08( Edit History Discussion )

John McCain: live with an increase in 2011 of the budget. and i would point out that mandatory spending is more than social security, it is natural science, space, energy, natural resources, every estimate that we have is that we could cut 10% immediately in unnecessary and wasteful spending and fraud across the board including

1:06:09 to 1:06:30( Edit History Discussion )

John McCain: medicare, including all of other programs, and we're having -- asking americans who are tightening their belts, we're asking every state legislature in america to make tough decisions, and we're not make those tough decisions, madam president, we're just going on as if they were business as usual. an 8% increase in spending for 2010.

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John McCain: you tell me one state legislature in america family i america that can afford an 8% budget. only we can because we print