House Proceeding 06-09-09 on Jun 9th, 2009 :: 0:48:35 to 0:50:45
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Diana DeGette: i offer this resolution and that all members of this will say no more. i time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t gentleman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from new york. >> how muchime do i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york has 12

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Speech By: Diana DeGette

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Diana DeGette: additional minutes. mr. nadler: i minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from colorado, ms. degette. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from colorado is recognized for two minutes.

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Diana DeGette: msdegette: speaker. mr. speaker, our society has too often recently devolved into violence to address controversy. the murder of a doctor who beloved by his family, trusted by his patients, and respected by his community is never an acceptable form of expression.

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Diana DeGette: while virtually all established groups have condemned this act, some individuals are still threatening violence against the health care providers they disagree with. the message to those people needs to be unequivocal and it needs to be unanimous, we will not condone violence in any form.

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Diana DeGette: and those who perpetrate it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. mr. speaker, we must have a civil discourse in this society and this is something we all have to strive for together. i know that we on our side of the aisle and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle all believed this. we need to put it into aion.

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Diana DeGette: i will say that dr. george tiller is survived by his wife, jean, their four children, and 10 grandchildren. i think the saddest thing about all this and the thinghat personalizes it the most is that jean called dr. tiller buddy and the reason he called -- she called him buddy was because he

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Diana DeGette: was her best friend. mr. speaker, the mark of a