House Proceeding 01-28-09 on Jan 28th, 2009 :: 0:31:45 to 0:33:55
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Ken Calvert: vote yes on this package and let's put americans back to work. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. mr. calvert: i thank the gentleman. the chr: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this so-called stimulus bill which seems only to stimulate one sector of our

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Speech By: Ken Calvert

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Ken Calvert: economy, the government. as a person who was a small businessperson, realt, and restaurateur, and member of small business organizations i can tell you that most small businesses out there are in opposition to this legislation. there is no doubt our country is going through some difficult economic times. there are many steps congress can and should take to get our

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Ken Calvert: economy back on a path of prosperity. unfortunately, it appears that the majority party is using our current economic cris, economic woes to grow government spending to epic and historic proportions. by way of comparison, in 1934 government spending reached about 11% of g.d.p. in response

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Ken Calvert: to the great depression. if passed this stimulus bill will increase government spending to 23% of g.d.p. the question remains, what will all this spending get the american people? will it truly provide more middle class jobs or improve infrastructure? the answer sadly, no. the bill provides a

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Ken Calvert: mind-boggling 65 billion for labor, health and human service programs. the strategy under this bill is throw billions of dollars in every bureaucratic direction, cross our fingers, and hope for the best. not only are we wagering our future with this bill, but we are crossing a point of no return. this bill moves us dramatically closer to a welfare state. it is forcing people who are the

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Ken Calvert: backbone of our economy, the middle class, into a troubling kind of public dependency. mr. speaker, let us take time to truly do what is right for the american people and provide targeted and limited stimulus through tax cuts and spending on ready to build infrastructure that will really put americans back to work immediately. that's what my constituents want. that's what they deserve.

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Ken Calvert: let's not exploit this economic crisis to push through legislation that will increase