Senate Proceeding 07-30-09 on Jul 30th, 2009 :: 1:16:25 to 1:17:15
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1:16:07 to 1:16:27( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: senate will be in order. a senator: madam next vote is a simple vote, similar to the last one. and what it says is the states right now are borrowing from the federal unemployment trust fund. mr. ensign: and this trust fund has been depleted and there are more states that will have to borrow from it -- e presiding officer: excuse

1:16:25 to 1:17:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Ensign

1:16:28 to 1:16:48( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: me, senator. the senate will be in order. please take your conversatns outs mr. ensign: the trust fund is depleted and other states need to borrow from it and it's a temporary putting back into that trust fund a little over billion. next year there's going to be about $30 billion that's going

1:16:49 to 1:17:10( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: to be needed. does anybody around here with the kind of dire straits that the states are in believe we won't forgive this debt for the states? borrow the money, c.b.o. says this is deficit utral, let's not just borrow the money, which is what is going to happen. let's take it out -- out of the

1:17:11 to 1:17:16( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: stimulus funds and be fiscally responsible. there are those unemployed that need the help. let's give them the help.