House Proceeding 07-24-09 on Jul 24th, 2009 :: 0:22:45 to 0:25:00
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Dave Camp: beneficiaries and the ombudsman office copts to have the resources it needs to properly fulfill its oversight responsibilities. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from kansas. mr. tiahrt: i would like to yield two minutes to the the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp.

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Speech By: Dave Camp

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Dave Camp: the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. camp: i intend to vote against this bill, but i want to recognize and highlight one section, and that is ensuring workers continue to get promised regular and extended unemployment benefits and states are able to keep paying those benefits.

0:23:24 to 0:23:44( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: the democrat economic policy has resulted in record job loss and record deficits and none of the job creation they promised but american workers should not pay for the mix takes and failures of the democrats' so-called stimulus bill. we reached another record in the number of workers collecting unemployment checks instead of

0:23:45 to 0:24:07( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: pay checks and the unemployment rate is heading to 15% and is at 15% in my home state. the americans can see the record unemployment but cannot see where the jobs are. the president and administration officials recently suggested their stimulus plan is working as intended and helping the economy recover, well, it's not.

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Dave Camp: e bill before us proves that. since president obama was sworn in, the nation's public debt and unemployment has risen by a shocking 40% and that's before trillions of dollars in additional spending under the democrat stimulus, energy and health plans and whatever higher unemployment lies ahead.

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Dave Camp: the bill reflects the continued failure of their economic policy to save or create millions of jobs they say would come from their stimulus bill. republicans offered a plan that would have provided twice the jobs at half the costs. it disappointing that it was rejected and the bill before us where congress is bailing out is

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Dave Camp: yet another reminder of the bill democrats wrote behind closed doors and forced through congress. given the amendments as the ranking member articulated that