House Proceeding 11-07-09 on Nov 7th, 2009 :: 4:34:30 to 4:35:45
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Peter Hoekstra: people exactly what this country promises them, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman is recognized. >> i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan, mr. hoekstra.

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Speech By: Peter Hoekstra

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Peter Hoekstra: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoekstra: today i met teresa. she had a sign that said, i love my country. on the other side it said, my future. her brother xavier had a sign that said, give me liberty, not death.

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Peter Hoekstra: if we pass pelosi health care tonight, tomorrow morning we'll still all love our country, but we will have future. a bailout a stimulus, cap and trade, and pelosi healt have jeopardized her future. for xavier, we'll have given him death.

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Peter Hoekstra: another $1.2 trillion on top of the $1.4 trillion we gave hi last year. i'll vote no, because i believe that's the vote that says, i love my country. i'll vote no because i believe that's the vote that preserves our future and i will vote no