House Proceeding on May 3rd, 2006 :: 0:13:58 to 0:16:23
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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: i mean give mow a break! i mean we got people who can't afford gas at the pump. you got people who can't afford the prescription drugs, and we're spending taxpayer money on something like that? i mean

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Jim Cooper: you think that's the kind of stuff that gets snuck in. part of what's happened here i think is that i think power corrupts. absolute power corrupts. that's what's happened here. there is no accountability

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Speech By: Jim Cooper

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Jim Cooper: in this congress. there is nobody held -- no transparency. everything is done the way a few people in the leadership want it to be done. and i think that they're so used to doing it this way that they

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James P. McGovern: don't even know what they're do something tantamount to corruption. i mean people want to know why they don't have an energy policy. well, look at the correlation between campaign contributions from

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Jim Cooper: the oil companies, and the tax breaks and subsidy and protections. i mean i'll tell ya, i don't know -- i mean for the life of me, i can't understand why this congress and this president doesn't

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Jim Cooper: get tough with these oil companies which essentially have a monopoly. people are paying too much at the gas pump. oil companies are making record profits and we pass energy bills to give them billions of

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Jim Cooper: dollars in subsidies and tax breaks? that is outrageous. people should be furious. and i'll tell ya, when you asked me before what do you say to your constituents, you tell them the truth. people

0:16:23 to 0:16:52( Edit History Discussion )

Jim McCrery: can be told the truth. don't be a cheap date. don't be fooled by a soundbite. you go to your constituents and you tell them what a sham this bill is. i'll tell ya, they'll get it. if anybody, we