Senate Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 2:07:50 to 2:16:10
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Patty Murray: that should be the goal of this health care reform. we need health care reform. we do. we don't need a government takeover of our health care system. ought to be having right now. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last week

2:07:50 to 2:16:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Patty Murray

2:07:51 to 2:08:12( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: families and businesses across our country finally got some good news. we found out that in this initial estimate showed that our g.d.p. grew at a 3.5% rate last quarter and that the recovery act created or saved over one million jobs across the country including over 30,000 in my home state of washington making us

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Patty Murray: their in the country for job creation. mr. president, those are hopeful signs. but i know that many families and many businesses and communities still need help. we have a long way to go before we have fully recovered from the worst economic conditions since the great depression. . president, i came out here on the floor and spoke twice

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Patty Murray: last week about the urgent need to pass an extension of unemployment insurance that would help over 1800 people in my home state and millions of americans across the country. i told the story about -- out here about five individuals who had lost their jobs and whose families are now in desperate

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Patty Murray: need of support, that that extension would give them to help them stay on their feet. families who right now as we sit out here and debate this bill and wait for hours an hours an hours -- and hours and hours for us to get to a final vote even though we know we have the

2:09:16 to 2:09:36( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: votes, families that are sitting at family tables across the country about how to get next month's rent and how to get next week's groceries if their unemployment runs out. and those families do not understand why some of our colleagues are delaying and our efforts to obstruct this ability

2:09:37 to 2:09:57( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: to help those families who need it most. now these families have been coming to me with their stories and i'm fighting to make sure that they have every opportunity to get back on their feet. that's why i'm here tod to urge my colleagues t support and pass the worker homeownership and business assistance act of 2009. i'm very proud to be a co-sponsor of this bill because

2:09:58 to 2:10:19( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: it will give our families an businesses in washington state, and across the country, the support that they needoday. this bill will be a lifeline to millions of families and it will provide tax relief to how far businesses create and save jobs. and it will help extend and expand the homeowners' tax

2:10:20 to 2:10:41( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: credit to continue a badly needed boost to help stablizing the housing market. mr. president, this legislation will help families who need it most by providing every single unemployed worker who has exhausted now his or her benefits an additional 14 weeks of support regardless of what state they live in. and it would extend unemployment

2:10:42 to 2:11:03( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: to laido workers in states that have been hardest hit by the job losses, including washington state, by six weeks. now, last week i told about some of the stories that are pouring into my office from unemployed workers in my state. these are workers who are not asking for a handout. they just need a small measure of support as they work to get back on their feet.

2:11:04 to 2:11:24( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: these stories have continued to come in this week and i want to share a couple of excerpts from letters that people have sent me urging me to do everything i can to make sure passes. bill and patricia profit from little rock, washington, e-mailed me saying, "please act

2:11:25 to 2:11:46( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: quickly to pass another extension of unemployment benefits. my wife and i are in danger of losing our house and have run out of unemployment. please help us. do washington said, my unemployment benefits will run out in three weeks.

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Patty Murray: i'm a mother of three boys and have been trying for months to get work, but have been unsuccessful. if the senate doesn't come to ain't agreement soon, we may end up homeless. can you do what you could to push this forward? and then there was barbara hedrick who wrote -- wrote to me and said, i am desperate for the

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Patty Murray: senate to pass the emergency unemployment legislation. i cannot find a job. i have no income. i'm in danger of losing my house as well as my utilities. please, please, please, urge the senate to pass this emergency legislation as soon as possible. mr. president, those are three quick e-mails from thousands of letters i have received from my home state in washington.

2:12:31 to 2:12:52( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: we owe it to these workers and these families and to millions more like them to pass this legislation and not continue to delay it so they can get support they need. you know, these men and women who are writing me and stopping me when i'm home didn't expect to have to ask for help. they had jobs. they felt secure. butow they are spending their days desperately looking for

2:12:53 to 2:13:13( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: work that's not available. they're worrying about what will happen to them and they're worrying about their families when their savings are exhausted and area that credit cards are maxed out and the banks won't wait any longer for a mortgage paper. mr. president, we cannot continue to go hour after hour delaying this when our families

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Patty Murray: are facing financial crisis that they didn't create, but they are paying for. so we need to pass this legislation. by the way, mr. president, this bill is going to do a lot more for our families and businesses an communities. it will expand and extend the successful home buyers' tax credit that will allow our families the opportunity to move into homes and make sure that

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Patty Murray: our weakened housing market continues on the road to recovery. this is a program now that has already helped many families purchase their first homes, and this bill will extend the $8,000 credit to first-time home buyers through the end of april 2010 and expand the program providing a $6,500 credit to new purchasers who have lived in

2:13:56 to 2:14:17( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: their current home for five years or more. mr. president, these programs will not only help families move into new homes, they will also increase liquidi and provide a shot in the arm to housing markets that still need a lot of support. now, i have heard from real estate agents, from homebuilders, from families from

2:14:18 to 2:14:39( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: every corner of washington state and they all tell me that they've got to have this extension. i've received letters from families telling me they want to buy a new home but they can't close in time to get this credit and they wouldn't be able to afford a new home without it. and thousands of home builders and construction workers and real estate agents have contacted me telling me how

2:14:40 to 2:15:00( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: successful this credit has been and how an extension and expansion would create jobs and give the housing market another strong push forward. this bill will also provide a critical boost to businesses in washington state by extending their ability to carry back losses that they suffered in 2008 or 2009.

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Patty Murray: that's a tax provision that will provide badly needed capital to help our companies avoid layoffs and expand their operations and create jobs. you know, mr. president, we have heard a lot today about this concept of too big to fail. well, in this time of nationwide economic uncertainty, i believe

2:15:22 to 2:15:44( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: that the millions of families and main street businesses who are on the brink are certainly too important to fail, and they deserve every bit of support we can give them to allow them to get back on their feet. so the worker homeownership and business assistance act of 2009 will help bring these families, businesses, and communities back from the precipice.

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Patty Murray: so, mr. president, i urge our colleagues to support and pass this critical legislation. it is surprising to me that we have to wait hour after hour after hour when we know the votes are there simply because somehow delaying this bill is some kind of winner for whoever is delaying it. it is not a winner for my families who have to stay awake

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Patty Murray: one more night worrying about how they're going to buy food or pay their mortgage or keep their family intact.