House Proceeding 04-28-09 on Apr 28th, 2009 :: 0:03:00 to 0:04:10
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Bart Stupak: quo nor should we. now is the time to finally get health care to all americans. we should pass the budget resolution and begin the task ahead. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to re address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: mr. kirk: thank you. this congress has voted for unprecedented debt and a look at treasury's borrowings shows a stark picture. on monday, we borrowed $98 billion. tomorrow we will borrow another $61 billion. on average congress is forcing the treasury to borrow $157 billion a week. over the first 100 days, our debt has increased by more than

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Bart Stupak: $5.5 billion per day. china has cut its lending to the united states by 95%, effectively canceling this congress' credit cards. and let me finish with a couple of personal facts. with only 111 million federal taxpayers, the rate of spending by this congress in the first 100 days has shown that congressional leaders put each

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Bart Stupak: taxpayer intdebt at a rate of $1,400 per week, $3,200 per quarter and over $9,000 each just for the first six months