House Proceeding on Sep 25th, 2009 :: 0:27:50 to 0:30:10
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James P. McGovern: i ge my colleagues to reject this rule. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fr california reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i thank you, madam speaker. let me i yield myself such time as i may consume. first of all i don't think we need any lectures by members of

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: the other side about process. if i recall when they were in charge here that continuing resolutions were a regular part of the process. if i recall correctly that their last year in power they did a short-term c.r., they got nothing done, and dumped all their appropriations work on the incoming democratic congress,

0:28:31 to 0:28:56( Edit History Discussion )

James P. McGovern: which was a daunting task to not only deal with two years' of appropriations. so either they had their chance and i think they miss mested it up. the fact is that the bill before us, the conference report before us, is a legislative branch appropriations bill which is an important appropriationsill. all appropriations bills are important.

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James P. McGovern: . and i don't think it does anybody any good to diminish the importance of this. this is important and it needs to be passed. and i fully expect that the other appropriations bills will be conferenced and we be doing with more and more conference reports in the coming weeks. but, look.

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James P. McGovern: what we need to do here, madam speaker, is not only pass a conference report for the legislative branch appropriations but we also need to pass a continuing resolution which increases -- whi includes an increase in veterans health care. i mean, we have thousands and thousands of young men and women who we have sent to iraq

0:29:43 to 0:30:04( Edit History Discussion )

James P. McGovern: and who we have sent to afghanistan. they deserve a first-class health care system when they return. all veterans do. they have served our country with great distinction. they not only deserve a -- the best health care but they have earned it. and there is an increase in this c.r. for veterans health.

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James P. McGovern: >> will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: i'm happy to yield. mr. dreier: i concur with the gentleman.