Kendrick Meek: “And I just, again, as we go along, because, Mr. Speaker, I am just going to keep saying the same thing because the last…”

“And I just, again, as we go along, because, Mr. Speaker, I am just going to keep saying the same thing because the last 109th Congress, the gentleman from Connecticut and the gentleman from Pennsylvania and Ohio, we pulled this chart out. I know the Clerk's office here has seen it, they probably could close their eyes and tell you what is on it because they have seen it so many times, and I know that the Members on the Republican side and the Democratic side. But this is what has been happening, $1.05 trillion. We are going to have another chart because I am pretty sure that number has gone up of out-of-control borrowing from foreign nations, higher than 42 Presidents, 224 years prior to, $1.01 trillion. That is a real fact. And we kept saying and kept saying it. And what I am going to say again is the fact that we have the 9/11 Commission recommendations implementation making America safer, Mr. Speaker, bipartisan 9/11 Commission. Anyone can go on Yahoo and get a copy of this, the 9/11 Report: 299 yeas. Every Democrat on the floor that was in attendance that day voted for it and 68 Republicans voted in the affirmative. That is bipartisan. Minimum wage, we talked about it. On that day, there were 315 yeas. Here is the record here with everyone that voted for it and against it. Every Democratic Member in attendance, 233, 82 Republicans voted for it. That is the bipartisan spirit. Stem cell research, that was mentioned earlier.…”