House Proceeding 05-21-08 on May 21st, 2008 :: 3:30:36 to 3:33:43
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Speech By: Richard E. Neal

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Richard E. Neal: will support this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. mccrery: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman

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Dave Camp: from michigan, the ranking member of the health subcommittee on the ways and means committee, mr. camp. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes.

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Speech By: Dave Camp

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Dave Camp: mr. camp: thank you. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, it's surprising how well the democrat majority can turn good ideas like the extension of taxes -- tax relief into bad legislation.

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Dave Camp: now, we've seen it before, and it usually ends in gridlock. frankly, the american people are tired of the majority party's record of stalemate and zero accomplishment. but here we go again with

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Dave Camp: another bill that is headed nowhere. this bill could have easily passed the ways and means committee and passed on the floor with an overwhelming bipartisan majority of votes. it failed to get

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Dave Camp: a majority of republican votes in committee and will likely fail to get a republican majority here on the floor. interestingly, a lot of what is in this package was written when republicans were

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Dave Camp: in the majority. the republican bill was devoted to tax incentives. the democrat bill focuses on tax increase. this is a fundamental difference between our two parties. it is a real missed opportunity

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Dave Camp: not to deal with the alternative minimum tax, which means higher taxes for more and more americans. that's why you're seeing key groups oppose this bill, like the national taxpayers union,

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Dave Camp: citizens against government waste, americans for tax reform, aligns for worker freedom, -- alliance for worker freedom, club for growth. so what the democrats give with one hand they take from

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Dave Camp: another. they'll use words like pay-go and revenue raisers, but the fact of the matter is those innocent-sounding words really means tax increases. permanently increasing taxes to pay for

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Dave Camp: temporary tax incentives is a losing deal for the american people. congress will be confronted with many more expiring tax provisions in the coming years. and if the democrats continue with this flawed

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Dave Camp: logic, taxpayers will be hit with more than $3.5 trillion in tax increases between now and 2018, simply to maintain current law. with $3 and possibly $4 of gas and higher grocery bills, sluggish

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Dave Camp: economy and a downturn in the housing market, the american public cannot afford higher taxes. we don't need a fortune-teller to tell us that just like many of the other bills house democrats

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Dave Camp: have passed that have included tax increases this bill, again, is dead on arrival in the united states senate. so we will be back here again at some point debating this bill again. so after we

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Dave Camp: get through with today's exercise, hopefully we can get down to business and write a bill that will gain a majority of bipartisan support. i urge my colleagues to reject increasing taxes and

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Dave Camp: vote no on this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington state. mr. mcdermot

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Jim McDermott: i understand from my distinguished colleague from michigan that this bill is headed for nowhere. are you talking about the white house? mr. camp: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcdermott: no,