Kendrick Meek

Well, I would like the Members, Mr. Speaker, to go to housedemocrats.gov, housedemocrats.gov, which has a new direction for America that the Democratic Caucus unveiled this week to let people know exactly what we are going to do. Real…

Thank you, sir. The bottom line is that we have a Republican majority that rubber stamps everything that the administration hands to them. They can't even put the paper on the desk fast enough before they rubber stamp it. When you start…

And corporate welfare, you can't help but put this together. $34 billion in profits for Big Oil, 2002. 2003, $59 billion in profits. Looks pretty good. I think that meeting was worth going to. 2004, $84 billion. This meeting is now…

This is just the foreign debt. This is countries that we have borrowed money from and now we owe them. Now, I am going to be quiet for a minute, but I just want to make this one last point and it is going to be 30 seconds. Ms. Jackson-Lee…

it is an honor being before the House once again. As you know, the 30-something Working Group, we come to the floor as often as possible to not only share with the Members what is going on as it relates to legislation here in Washington…

Okay, great. UK, $223.2 billion; the Caribbean, $115.3 billion; Taiwan, $71.3 billion; and you have OPEC Nations that are oil Nations, $67.8 billion; Germany, $65.7 billion of our debt; Korea, $66.5 billion of our debt; Canada, $53.8…

We have had 224 years, Mr. Speaker, of leadership that has only has been able to borrow $1.01 trillion from foreign nations. The Republican majority along with the President has in 4 years, from 2001 to 2005, has been able to borrow $1.05…

very quickly, I believe we have until 34 after the hour. So let me just quickly, since you are talking about the debt and what this Republican Congress has done, we actually have a new chart here tonight. As you know, Japan has bought…

Ms. Wasserman Schultz, as I close, and then I am going to be quiet, because I just want to make this last little point. It is unfortunate that it is not natural for the Republican majority to do the right thing. I don't care if you are a…

And the special giveaways and special interests. Let me just quickly, I just want to make the point here. Oil companies, look at the subsidies and look at the profits. They have reaped $113 billion in record breaking profits in 2005; 2004…

You know why it is breaking down, because special interests have been allowed to infiltrate the U.S. House of Representatives. The K Street Project until denounced a few months ago was alive and well in the U.S. House of Representatives…

Mr. Ryan and Ms. Wasserman Schultz, it is just not natural to think that the oil industry, the CEOs, the board members of the oil industry will say, well, we want to do the right thing. Matter of fact, we are going to take money out of our…

it has just been truly a pleasure watching you share not only with the Members, Mr. Speaker, but also with the American people, and we wonder how we got to where we are now. I am just wondering how did we got to where we are now? Mr…

Sunflower seeds, what have you, but we cannot buy alternative fuels. Now, meanwhile, back at the ranch, I see the ExxonMobil CEO on The Today Show, and he is saying, oh, we believe in innovation and alternative fuels, but that is not what…

Thank you for yielding back, Mr. Ryan. Let me just point out real quickly: we will start out with the big one here. People look at Japan; they look at the United States. They say how could a country that size invest in the United States of…

Well, it is set by the legislation passed by the Republican majority. And after that, Americans will be penalized.

Crystal clear, Mr. Ryan, that we don't just come to the floor, Mr. Speaker, to talk about Republicans, what they are not doing or what they are doing to the American people versus for the American people. We actually fight in the Rules…

Not one Republican vote in passing the Democratic balanced budget plan. Mr. Speaker, that is fact, not fiction.

When we start talking about what Republicans are saying, prominent Republicans, the chart that you had up with Newt Gingrich saying they are seen by the country as being in charge of a government that can't function, number one, Mr…

Thank you, Mr. Ryan. I think it is important for us to identify, you mentioned our real security plan, Democratic homeland security plan, balanced budget plan. We have actually done it. We know how to do it. We have experience there.

Well, that was set forth by the Republican Congress. Many Democrats on this side, the super majority, voted against that measure. Furthermore, this Government agency has found that even during this 5-month period that seniors were given…

The energy plan, Mr. Speaker, it is ready to go. The bottom line is we offer these plans and amendments, we offer these plans here on the floor. Mr. Ryan mentioned something, Mr. Speaker, that I want to just make sure that Members are…

Just very quickly, Mr. Speaker, I know we have a minute left, I just want to say this, that it is important that we thank the Democratic leader and the Democratic leadership for allowing us to be here tonight. Mr. Ryan, the web site that…

it is an honor once again being before the House. We would like to thank the Democratic leader for allowing us to have the time on the floor here, Nancy Pelosi; and Mr. Steny Hoyer, who is our Democratic whip; Mr. James Clyburn; Mr. John…

Also, Mr. Ryan, I want to share with the Members, Mr. Speaker, that all of the charts tonight will be on that Web site, on the 30 Something front page. Also, I would like to share with the Members that Ranking Member George Miller and also…