House Proceeding on Jul 31st, 2008 :: 3:42:26 to 3:44:10
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Speech By: Lynn C. Woolsey

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Lynn C. Woolsey: not been quite as good as we should is dealing with the consequences of those military operations, and across the american landscape, are littered the residue of past military operations, baseba

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Carolyn McCarthy: operations, training exercises. there are literalthly bombs and explosives and military toxins ar and environmen tal hazards in i every state of the union. over 3,000 sites across america.

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Speech By: Carolyn McCarthy

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Carolyn McCarthy: one of the things i've w torked on sin ce i came to congressto was to have the department of defense and most important, the rces igyn a ve responsible,le environmentallyon safe manner? why

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Carolyn McCarthy: is they democratic leadership standing in the way? just yesterday, a dedicated d group of members, led by our collea gues john peterson andet kneel abercrombie, introducecrd sweeping bipartisan energy

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Carolyn McCarthy: legislation in an attempt to break the current energy e gridlock in the house. i applaud their efforts.d we ought to debate their bill openly in the appropriations committee and on the house

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Carolyn McCarthy: floor before we leave this town le for an august break. the mere message that congress was actually debating energy d policy in meaningful, bipartisan debate would seannd a signal to th

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Carolyn McCarthy: e markets and to the foreign suppliers of osuil that the united states is serious about addressing iabts energy future. that powerfulow message would send oil prices down almost overnight.

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Carolyn McCarthy: i believe th at an honest energy debate on the floor of t ohe house would be in itself a d stimulus package that would have a tremendously positive nd rippple effect throughout our economy,

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Carolyn McCarthy: touching every in american business and consumer. let me r espectfully remind my colleag ues that it was ourt speaker, then the minority lead for the 2006, who outlined the new democrat majority's

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John F. Tierney: governing philosophy, and iop quote, bills should come to the floor under a procedure thatre allows open,n, full, and fair debate. bill s should be developed de following full hearings ang

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Speech By: John F. Tierney