House Proceeding on Jan 31st, 2007 :: 0:49:26 to 0:51:38
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Speech By: Earl Blumenauer

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Earl Blumenauer: appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm glad to hear my friend from oregon supports regular

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Roger F. Wicker: order. that's not what we're seeing today. but the pun dents say there's no point of talking about the legislative process today. they say people don't care about the rights of the legislative

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Speech By: Roger F. Wicker

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Roger F. Wicker: minority. i'm not so sure about that. but people outside the beltway hear that the funding bill for the rest of the year was basically drawn up by two people, one senate chairman and one house chairman

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Roger F. Wicker: in a closed room with no input from anyone else. they might include that doesn't sound quite right. and then when they hear this bill cuts military construction by $730 million below last

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Roger F. Wicker: year's level and falls over $3 billion short of the redeployment needs of our servicemen and their families, then most folks might feel a little more debate and a few more people in the room

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Roger F. Wicker: could have resulted in a solution in a fully funded these essential programs. that's the way the legislative process works. someone drafts up a proposal. then it's debated and amended, and in the

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Roger F. Wicker: end a consensus is possible. this the first time in recent history where the legislative people puts two people in a room and lets them write an entirely new bill, moves the numbers around to

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Roger F. Wicker: suits their own preferences and then they say, take it or leave it, no give and take, no one else allowed to submit beater idea and only 30 minutes of debate for the minority side. -- submit

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Roger F. Wicker: a better idea and only 30 minutes of debate for the minority side. they don't have basic housing allowance. so, mr. speaker, process may be considered inside baseball and a nonissue to some, but

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Roger F. Wicker: to me democracy calls for a fair process even in the continuing resolution and more often than not it results in a better bill for the average citizen. i yield back the balance of my time.

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Roger F. Wicker: the speaker pro tempore: jeeleds. -- the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman

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Roger F. Wicker: reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, a member of the appropriations committee, mr.

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James T. Walsh: walsh. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. walsh: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'd like to begin by acknowledging the work of

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Speech By: James T. Walsh