Kendrick Meek: “Within the first 100 hours we are willing to move forward, and we have said it, in our new direction for America. We…”

“Within the first 100 hours we are willing to move forward, and we have said it, in our new direction for America. We have said we are going to cut student loan costs in half, Madam Speaker, more than the Republican majority that is in control now. We have said that we are going to move in the direction of true energy innovation, investing in the Midwest versus the Middle East, here in America with E-85 ethanol. Republican majority has the House now. They are not doing it. We have said that we are going to pay as we go and have real fiscal responsibility, because we are the only party in this Chamber, Mr. Delahunt, that can say we have actually balanced the budget. We have balanced the budget, with surpluses as far as the eye can see. The Republican majority takes over and we are borrowing from countries that we have issues with, like China, Japan, and the U.K. Well, not the U.K., but other countries that are questionable. OPEC nations. And I don't even want to go through that list. So when we start talking about these things, gentlemen, and when they come to the floor, and this is a free country and what a democracy, but meanwhile, Mr. Delahunt, we have veterans that have fought, some are at Arlington Cemetery for paying the ultimate price for us to salute one flag. We look at the services and the things that we have promised veterans, and this is not a Democrat or Republican or Independent or nonvoter issue, this is an American issue.…”