House Proceeding 03-19-09 on Mar 19th, 2009 :: 0:16:15 to 0:18:15
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Dave Camp: let me say one other thing, mr. speaker. i have heard from some of my friends in new york who said, is is unfair. it's unfair because i thought i'd get my bonus. mr. speaker, they are going to have to tighten their belts just like the rest of america. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. there will be order in the house. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker.

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Speech By: Dave Camp

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Dave Camp: i yield myself two mutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. camp: frankly, the chairman of the ways and means committee and i agree that bypassing the committee is a dangerous way to legislate. that invites unnecessary errors. i think the stimulus bill is proof positive. that's why we are here today. but again we are faced today with a bill that has had no public scrutiny and has not come

0:16:53 to 0:17:16( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: before the ways and means committee. madam speaker, let us do our jobs. when congress acted to stave off an imminent financial and economic collapse, the results of which would have been depression-era unemployment levels, we did so with faith that the past and current administrations would carefully manage the people's money.

0:17:17 to 0:17:37( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: that trust has been shattered. lesson learned. what has been particularly troubling is the difficulty with which the truth has come out in recent days. after many varying and contradictory excuses, we now know that the obama administration working behind closed doors secretly eliminated provision that is would have prevented the appalling abuse of taxpayer money. adding insult to injury, they

0:17:38 to 0:17:58( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: explicitly protected bonuses at companies that in many cases are operating only due to the generosity of the american people. it's a breach of the public trust that should have the repeatedly failed to pay his own taxes looking for a new job. several of my colleagues on this side of the aisle and even chairman rangel have noted good reasons to oppose the bill before us.

0:17:59 to 0:18:15( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: it's an extreme use of the tax code to correct an extreme and excessive wrong done to the american taxpayer. i'm sure we'll hear today that two wrongs don't make a right, but neither does inaction. it is our duty to protect and defend hardworking, tax paying americans. at the end of the day this