House Proceeding 02-12-07 on Feb 12th, 2007 :: 1:06:02 to 1:10:29
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Speech By: John J. Jr.Duncan

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John J. Jr.Duncan: a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed without amendment

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Carolyn McCarthy: h.r. 742, cited as the modernization commission extension act of 2007. the speaker pro tempore: mrs. mccarthy from new york is recognized for five minutes. mrs. mccarthy: thank you, mr. speaker.

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Speech By: Carolyn McCarthy

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Carolyn McCarthy: i rise today to discuss the negative impact of president bush's proposed budget on new york state. new york is constantly faced with funding imbalance. we receive far less funding than we

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Carolyn McCarthy: pay out in taxes. this imbalance has held back progress in key areas. key programs have been constantly underfunded. and this year's proposed budget, again, makes the wrong choices for new

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Carolyn McCarthy: york's families. gang violence is a growing problem on long island. our police departments and community groups are doing all they can with the small budgets. unfortunately, these budgets

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Carolyn McCarthy: will be further reduced if the president has his way. his budget requests attempts to eliminate new york crime-fighting tools. the policing service, or the cops program. and the justice assistance

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Carolyn McCarthy: grants programs. these two programs allow our law enforcement agencies to hire police officers and support crime prevention. and it's a lot cheaper to prevent crime than it is to send someone

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Carolyn McCarthy: to prison. police departments rely on this money to purchase new technology and equipment to educate their members on how to best combat issues such as gun violence. in the year 2006, new york

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Carolyn McCarthy: received more than $27 million in cops and jag funding. if this money is not available, our law enforcement will not have the tools they need to keep our families and communities safe. but

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Carolyn McCarthy: it's not just our communities that are put at risk with the president's budget. college assistance programs will be slashed if the president has his way. the education of our nation's students is one of the

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Carolyn McCarthy: most important issues facing us today. i have traveled to china and india and have seen the attention those countries are given to education for their students. we need to do a better job at

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Carolyn McCarthy: funding our educational programs to give our students the tools they need to compete in a global economy. however, under the president's budget, key programs, such as work study and supplemental educational

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Carolyn McCarthy: opportunity grants will be frozen. tuition in new york state schools have increased over 20% over the last few years. these new cuts in student aid will put college further out of reach.

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Carolyn McCarthy: this is the wrong message to be sending to our students who dream of going to college. we can do a better job, but we need adequate funding to truly help our students to achieve their dreams.

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Carolyn McCarthy: as you know, our health care system needs attention also. over 40 million americans are without health insurance. in new york, 2.5 million are uninsured. in his state of the union address,

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Carolyn McCarthy: president vaguely outlined a proposal to deal with this very issue. i applaud the president for bringing this issue to the front of the debate, however, i do not agree with the president's

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Carolyn McCarthy: plan. i'm afraid his proposal will raise health care costs for new york's working class while doing very little to help the 2.5 million uninsured. it could be better used to lower premiums

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Carolyn McCarthy: and truly make health care affordable for all americans. since the start of the 110th congress, the house has done the people's work. we have raised the minimum wage, cut student loan interest

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Carolyn McCarthy: rates and help medicare beneficiaries. we have changed the focus of our nation to help all americans. the president's budget request misses the mark and will harm already underfunded programs.

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Carolyn McCarthy: we in congress must devote more attention and funding to our nation's education and health care. these issues have been long underfunded for too long. i look forward to working with my colleagues

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Carolyn McCarthy: to refocus our priorities and fully fund our education and health care programs. i know in the next three days we're going to be debating iraq, which i think is probably one of the most important

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Carolyn McCarthy: issues facing this nation, but even with that we as democrats will continue doing the work of the american people and finally getting some work done that's going to help all americans. that's

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Carolyn McCarthy: what we as democrats will do. that's what we pledged and we will follow through with that. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

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Carolyn McCarthy: from georgia rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kingston: thank you. mr. speaker, i want to talk about house

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Jack Kingston: bill 670, which is a bill that's a drive act, dependency reduction through innovative vehicles and energy policy. it's a bill that elliot engel and i have co-sponsored. it has almost an equal

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Speech By: Jack Kingston