House Proceeding 07-24-09 on Jul 24th, 2009 :: 0:08:50 to 0:11:55
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David R. Obey: physically and mentally challenged in a better fashion. so i would urge its adoption. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman from wisconsin oppose to the motion? mr. obey: i certainly am. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognizedor five minutes. mr. obey: mr. speaker, this is what i would call the original holy picture amendment.

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Speech By: David R. Obey

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David R. Obey: sometimes we see legislators who think that the way to do business is to cut everybody else's priorities in order to fund theirs. that's not the way 435 people can come to a constructive conclusion. the fact is that this is a

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David R. Obey: recover your tail amendment left over from the stimulus bill of a few months ago. just a few months ago we had a stimulus bill on the house floor which increased special education by $12 billion.

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David R. Obey: in the 12 years the republicans weren control of this house, they increased special education by a total of $8.5 billion. we increased it by $12 billion in one year and not a single member on that side of the aisle voted for it. .

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David R. Obey: and now they're trying to recover politically by cutting a la in order to pretend that they found a responsible way to free up money to fund special i want to point out that this amendment would cut $100 million

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David R. Obey: from school improvement account that could endanger 100,000 kids who right now have after-school learning programs. it cuts $1 million from the innovation and improvement account, reach out and read, teach for america, full service community schools, reading is fundamental.

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David R. Obey: it eliminates $88 million in mall smaller learning communities. a lot of high schools need to be downsized and this cripples the program that would provide 500,000 -- prevent 500,000 high school students from benefiting from that program.

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David R. Obey: it cuts $170 from the -- 170 million from amere corps and put at risk the effort to bolster the participation of disabled americans in community service. it would cut the foster grandparents and senior mpanion programs as well. it would eliminate $300 million

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David R. Obey: for the global funds to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. if the vir rust has taught us anything, we have to attack these diseases on a worldwide basis. i think the amendment speaks for itself.