House Proceeding 07-24-09 on Jul 24th, 2009 :: 2:04:00 to 2:06:50
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David R. Obey: level. that is hardly runaway spending. furthermore, when you look at program lines, you'll see that this bill makes hard choices to terminate programs that are not working, with $1.3 billion in cuts to individual programs below the 2009 level. the bill terminates or cuts 44 programs.

2:04:00 to 2:06:50( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: David R. Obey

2:04:05 to 2:04:25( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: the largest single program increase is for the -- is for the social security administration. efctively, 1/4 of the bill's entire increase for 2009 with dramatically rising retirement and disability claims facing the agency, nobody would argue the funds are wasteful.

2:04:26 to 2:04:47( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: after accounting for the s.s.a. increase, this bill is 1.7% above for the rest of the bill, meaning in real dollar terms, after inflation, it is an increase of .3%. that is hardly being spendthrift. 23 this amendment is adopted, i would point out two problems. first of all, it makes no real spending decisions.

2:04:48 to 2:05:08( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: it leaves all of that in the handof the president of the united states. it allows the president to determine the funding level for every single account in this bill. i don't think this congress should be a rub stamp for any president. then i think we ought to look at what the implications are

2:05:09 to 2:05:29( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: for programs in this bill. applied to the national institutes of health, this cut would wipe out more than 900 new research grants and eliminate inflation adjustments for 36,000 new and existing research grants, undermining efforts to treat cancer, parkinsons, diabetes, and other

2:05:30 to 2:05:53( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: deadly diseases. applied to community health centers, nearly 1.3 million people could see their health care services redeuced or eliminated. applied to special education, idea funding would be cut 7% below the twibe level. applied to pell grant, 7.6 million students could see the grants reduced and the maximum

2:05:54 to 2:06:16( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: pell award cut by approximately $135. apply to liheap, it would reduce the number of households served by over 900,000. applied to senior nutrition, it would eliminate nearly 240 million meals to 2.5 million vulnerable americans. aflide head art, over 50,000

2:06:17 to 2:06:38( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: low income children would apried to comprehensive -- would be denied service. applied to the block grant, over 17,000 families would be eliminated, aflide job corps, it would apply a 50% cut to job corps centers. i don't think anybody on this side of the aisle needs to hear

2:06:39 to 2:06:50( Edit History Discussion )

David R. Obey: a lecture about deficits. i have opposed the bush policies both economic and war policies, which leto the unravelingf the budget, which