House Proceeding 06-24-09 on Jun 24th, 2009 :: 3:06:45 to 3:09:20
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3:06:42 to 3:07:02( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: but to do it this way that a spoil system occurs. and that's what we have here and i reserve the balance of my time. the the gentleman from texas rise? >> to claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam chairman. the gentleman from arizona's amendment puorts to be fiscally conservative.

3:06:45 to 3:09:20( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Abney Culberson

3:07:03 to 3:07:24( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: i have, as a member of congress over the years, established one of the best fiscal conservative ratings in congress. i voted against $2.6 trillion of spending under president bush, $1.3 trillion so far under this%. i've consistently been ranked as one of the fiscally conservative mbers of congress and we each are elected by our districts to

3:07:25 to 3:07:47( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: use our good judgment, to use discretion and in my case fiscally conservative standards and those spending requests that we -- that we push forward, those that we set aside, worked aggressively with my ranking member and members of this committee to try to save money in this bill and others, but the

3:07:48 to 3:08:08( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: city of houston, harris county, has suffered in the most recent hurricane, hurricane ike which just hit the gulf coast, hit houston the hardest. $2.1 billion of damage to the -- ju southeast texas, the federal government's reimbursed. the city of houston ale,

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John Abney Culberson: harris county, home damage, $8.5 billion worth of damage to homes in harris county. now, i ask for very little as a member of congress to try to help the people of houston. one area where we need help is in flood control. one where are with -- where we clearly need help is in mitigation, to help prevent

3:08:31 to 3:08:51( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: additional damage. because of the work i've done as a member of the appropriations committee and the few areas i've asked for help on are on national security, border security, medical and scientific research and in flood control and in flood control the homes -- some didn't flood. the texas medical center did not flood as a result of this hurricane because of work that i was able to do with the help of

3:08:52 to 3:09:13( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: my colleagues on the appropriations committee, the harris county delegation working together. mr. flake's amendment would strike all federal funding for all of harris county. flood control. his amendment not only would save no money to all my fellow fiscal conservatives out there watching, that would be one thing, your amendment save

3:09:14 to 3:09:20( Edit History Discussion )

John Abney Culberson: nothing and would you eliminate all federal flood control money for all ofarris county which just got hammered by the biggest hurricane to hit southeast texas