House Proceeding 06-24-09 on Jun 24th, 2009 :: 0:48:45 to 0:51:50
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Jerry Lewis: ms. kirk patic: reclaiming time -- mrs. kirkpatrick: reclaiming my time, i'd like to thank the gentleman. sproys the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i'd like to recognize for such time as he may consume, the gentleman from california, mr. lewis. the chai the gentleman is

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Speech By: Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis: recognized. mr. lewis: i rise for a couple of reasons to speak generally about this bill. first to say that the two people providing the leadership for this bill are as fine members of the appropriations committee as there are. chairman price is one of those people who digs into issues, does his homework, he treats

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Jerry Lewis: people in a fair and balanced way. and beyond that, he's a fabulous person to be associated with in the appropriations committee. hal rogers, on the other hand, let's see, what can i say about hal rogers? a wonderful member from kentucky who also in this arena knows as much about the subject as anybody that i know.

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Jerry Lewis: one of the things that's disconcerting to me about this bill, for it is one that perhaps addresses the most important area o responsibility we have that is, protecting our homeland, combined this bill with our national security measure and that is our national defense and america's ability to protect freedom in the world. but indeed, it's interesting to

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Jerry Lewis: note that at a subcommittee meeting recently, i spend some time dealing with another bill, and air -- an area the public isn't always so supportive of, namely the foreign assistance or foreign aid bill. it came to my attention in this process and exchange that the foreign aid bill that will be

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Jerry Lewis: coming to the floor very soon is approximately $10 billion more than our homelan bill. think about that. we're in a condition where people, to say the least, here at home are pressed to the wall. all kinds of concerns besides the economy, concern about our

0:50:43 to 0:51:03( Edit History Discussion )

Jerry Lewis: security here at home, and they don't always stand up intently to say we ought to be sending our money overseas in the form of foreign aid. in this arena, the homeland serity bill has almost $10 billion less in it than the foreign aid bill. it's a very interesting commentary to say the least.

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Jerry Lewis: beyond that let me mention to both the chairman and the ranking member, california of course has lots of border and later on, i'll have an amendment relative to border security. but indeed, i know many of the members listening to this discussion today are worried about their own borders in their home territory. if we cannot advance

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Jerry Lewis: technologically and by way of funding our ability to protect our homeland and be dead serious about projecting over a 10-year period, then we're making a very big mistake in this hse. the work that's done by our chairman and our ranking member has produced a very fine product. they have balanced within the

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Jerry Lewis: limited means they have the priorities that i think i would apply myself. but indeed, i want the members