House Proceeding on Sep 25th, 2009 :: 0:42:55 to 0:45:20
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James P. McGovern: that acorn somehow has a right -- the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. dreier: is just plain wng. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker -- mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, so nobody is confused here, and i appreciate the opinion of the gentleman from new york. so nobody's confused here, the bill before us, there are no

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: funds in this bill that may be provided to acorn or any of its affiliates, subsid years or allied -- subsidiaries or allied organizations. none. we can talk about this all we want but there's no money in the bill for acorn. the gentleman talked about shutdowns of the process. what i recall was when the

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James P. McGovern: republicans were in charge they shut down the government i 1995. and we all know the adverse impacts of that. i'd also -- i want for the record want to make clear to people that the legislative branch appropriations bill does not include member salaries. so this notion that we're somehow patting our -- padding our pockets here is a little

0:43:54 to 0:44:16( Edit History Discussion )

James P. McGovern: bit off the mark. the fact of the matter is included in the legislative branch appropriations bill, moneys to help fund c.b.o. so that we can -- so it will be easier for members to obtain pay-go. we're all talking about the need to be more conscious of the debt and our deficit. that's one way to do it. the other thing is that in this

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James P. McGovern: bill is money to protect the people who come and visit the united states capitol. in this conference report there are moneys that ensure that the capitol complex is a secure and as safe as possible. providing a 7% increase in the funding for capitol police. maintaining f.y. 2009 levels.

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James P. McGovern: the men and women who protect us in the capitol police deserve more gratitudehan they're getting the way this legislative branch appropriations bill is being described. . all appropriations bills are important. and we are going to hopefully pass all of our appropriations

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James P. McGovern: bills and not do what my friends on the other side did when they were in power and that is just pass it off to another year. i think that we should move forward on this. again in the continuing resolution there is an increase in funding for veterans health care. i think that is important. we owe our veterans more, quick frankly, than we are giving them.