House Proceeding on Jun 14th, 2006 :: 1:40:06 to 1:44:51
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Speech By: Joe Knollenberg

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Joe Knollenberg: is recognized for two minutes. mr. wicker: perhaps at the end of that two minutes, i might ask the chair's indulgence for a little more time. i do appreciate the chairman opposing the

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Roger F. Wicker: amendment. and i think it's instructive at this point to talk about the congressional spending procedures that we have in place. we receive the president's budget, and the congress acts

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Speech By: Roger F. Wicker

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Roger F. Wicker: on that budget by the adoption of a resolution. we decide at that point the level of discretionary spending this congress will spend on a variety of issues. it is at that point, at the point of the

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Roger F. Wicker: budget resolution, that we decide how much we will spend on domestic discretionary dollars. in other words, upon our adoption of the budget, the level of spending in the discretionary category is

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Roger F. Wicker: decided. now, we find ourselves today further down the process. we're today at the appropriations point. the level has already been decided. our decision today is how we allocate the funds

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Roger F. Wicker: we have already decided to spend through our budget resolution. the funds set aside for this subcommittee will be spent. that decision has already been made. the decision that we're going

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Roger F. Wicker: to make today is the question of where those funds will be spent. now, having said that, mr. speaker, mr. chairman, i welcome the opportunity to explain to my colleagues the nature of this

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Roger F. Wicker: project. and i've often thought, mr. speaker, if i ever had the chance to speak to a national audience about roanoke and the william faulkner museum, i would take that opportunity. if i

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Roger F. Wicker: ever do get such a chance, i will tell my colleagues what an absolute jewel is located in my district in the form of roanoke and the faulkner legacy. of course william faulkner is one of

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Roger F. Wicker: the greatest authors in american history. the recipient of the nobel prize for literature, the recipient of two pulitzer prizes. the chairman: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. knollenberg:

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Roger F. Wicker: i extend an additional two minutes to the gentleman. the chairman: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for an additional two minutes. mr. wicker: i thank the chairman for yielding. the

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Roger F. Wicker: recipient of -- in addition to the nobel prize, the recipient of two pulitzer prizes. william faulkner is one of the preeminent figures in the history of this nation, and i have in my congressional

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Roger F. Wicker: district, i'm fortunate to say, the home where he not only lived for 32 years between 1930 and 1962 when he died but where he wrote so many of america's great treasures, including sanctuary,

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Roger F. Wicker: as i lay dying, light in august, a fable, the unvanquished, go down, moses, the reevers. thousands and thousands of tourists come to roanoke and the university of mississippi each year for

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Roger F. Wicker: the express purpose of seeing the legacy of william faulkner. our guests have included prince edward of england, numerous members of this congress, foreign parliamentarians, and people from all

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Roger F. Wicker: over the world. i want to congratulate my friend from arizona, and he is my friend, for being consistent. if it were up to people like my friend from arizona, perhaps we would never spend

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Roger F. Wicker: any money at the federal level on higher education. perhaps no federal dollars would ever go to a museum of any type. it is an entirely honorable position to say that no local economic development

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Roger F. Wicker: project should ever be funded. that is an honorable position. i don't think it's a position of the members of this house of representatives, but it is a worthy position, nonetheless. i

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Roger F. Wicker: would simply say that at this point, the decision has been made to allocate the money to this subcommittee. our decision today is whether the allocation will be spent on priorities outlined

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Roger F. Wicker: by the elected representatives of the people or whether these funds will go back to an agency where a nameless, faceless bureaucrat will make the decision about where these funds will be spent.

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Roger F. Wicker: i urge the defeat of the amendment. the chairman: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arizona is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. flake: may i ask how much time is remaining?

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Roger F. Wicker: the chairman: 1 1/2 minutes. mr. flake: thank you. all i can do in response to that quote william faulkner, anyone who believes we can't save money by eliminating earmarks doesn't care much

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Jeff Flake: for the facts and is not much interested in them. the notion that this budget is set and now all we can do is spend up to the top of it belies the fact that last week we could have offered