House Proceeding on Feb 7th, 2008 :: 0:07:18 to 0:08:43
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Tim Murphy: jaguars for being champions on the field and champions in the classroom. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the

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Jerry McNerney: gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ct mr. mcnerney: mr. speaker, our national budget should invest in our

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Speech By: Jerry McNerney

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Jerry McNerney: future. unfortunately, the president's final budget is more the same. missed opportunities and misplaced priorities. the president's budget is fiscally reckless, adding $1.6 trillion in deficit

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Jerry McNerney: over the next five years, instead of becoming balanced over that same period. but you won't hear that from the president. he claims that the budget is balanced by 2012. but that's only because

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Jerry McNerney: he leaves out enormous costs, including the five-year cost of fixing the alternative minimum tax, and the full cost of the iraq war. when realistic costs are included, the budget runs

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Jerry McNerney: in significant deficits over each of the next five years. this, unfortunately, is more of the same. the president took a 10-year, $5.6 trillion of surplus that he inherited andurned it into a

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Jerry McNerney: $3.6 trillion deficit. the budget continues down the same path by borrow interesting our children and our grandchildren. mr. speaker, democrats can simply not afford this fiscal wreck lessness

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Jerry McNerney: in the coming months. we -- recklessness in the coming months. we'll present a fiscally responsible budget. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise?

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Ted Poe: mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: pr without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the border war with mexico continues. on the mexican side of

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Speech By: Ted Poe