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When you have employees that are healthy, you have what? A more productive company. And then what do you have then? You have more productive American workers that will be able to compete against other countries that are competing against…
before the gentleman moves that chart, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office where the gentleman got this information from, am I right?
as I look at the printed material that I have before me, I cannot help but say this maybe is at the crisis level. Maybe what the gentleman just pointed out, maybe the fact that we have the highest deficit in the history of the Republic…
I think it was a blown opportunity here on this floor by the majority side saying they were carrying out true prescription drug reform and failed to do so by not allowing us to negotiate with drug companies to have lower prices, not only…
we argued this amendment in committee, and I have some concerns about it because I used to be a State trooper in Florida. I know exactly what happens when we feel that we are doing something, but we are really not doing anything. With all…
I just want to say before I comment to what the gentleman from Illinois just said, I want to commend him for coming to the floor, not only representing his great district but representing some great Americans that are doing what they can…
the gentleman from Ohio's (Mr. Ryan) point as it relates to pointing out the trade deficit is the fact that Americans, if we allow hypothetically, and I do mean hypothetically, in this Congress a privatization plan to go through this…
I look forward to that. Just not in the winter time, that is all I have to say, because I am from Florida. I do not know about all Chicago, holding on to the ropes and the wind blowing and everything. I love Chicago. I thank the gentleman…
let me just say this. We are both going to be in the Committee on Armed Services tomorrow late into the night marking up or creating the Committee on Armed Services for the United States of America authorization bill to protect the…
It is not a personal issue. And they know it is not a personal issue. They know that bad decisions have been made. They know that the deficit is as high as it has ever been, and climbing. We are so high up in debt right now, I mean, it is…
once again it is an honor to address this great House of Representatives. I want to thank not only the Democratic leader but the Democratic leadership for allowing me to be here on their behalf. Our 30-something Working Group, which the…
Whatever we want to call it. I will just say that this bipartisan number here, 163 Democrats for it in 1983, 80 Republicans for it in 1983, and Tip O'Neill, the Democratic Speaker of this House was sitting in the Speaker rostrum, Mr…
if I can, before we walk too far away, before we walk too far away from what the gentleman said, the fact that he was here in 1983. I will tell you how this argument works. In 1983 I was in high school. I was a senior. The gentleman is…
We even want e-mails from Members, but definitely from the American people and others. [email protected] is our e-mail address. We always look forward to receiving e-mails. As we close, I just want to not only commend the…
If I may, I just want to ask a question, because I think this pie chart really paints the picture, literally. People think that this Social Security debate, some people do, feel that it is just about people that are already retired, and…
And that is Social Security. And what we do know, and I hope that you would get an opportunity to talk about, the President's plan cuts benefits twice on one of the charts that I know you have there, to let the American people know that…
I think it is important not only that the Members understand, but the American people also understand. I mean, the gentleman is the second most senior member on the Committee on Armed Services; and I think that the gentleman is in the…
we have about 3 minutes left. So if the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt) wants to make some closing comments, he can.
I rise today to recognize Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, known in Hebrew as Yom Hashoah, to memorialize the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. In 1933, Europe's Jewish population was over nine…
I would be concerned if we were by ourselves in the objection to privatization to the President's philosophy and some Members of the majority side. I would be very concerned, but I am not as concerned as I would be if we were wrong. There…
I wanted to mention a few other things I did not mention earlier. This whole $26,300 and change of the deficit that we are talking about. Mr. Ryan, if you can put that board back up, because I think that is very, very important. Thank you…
The gentleman was listening. I like that. I think it is important that people understand that what is being said loosely at this particular time you cannot take to the bank as truth. Case in point: during the prescription drug debate we…
Get out of here. He is from Youngstown? Is there a road named in Youngstown after him?
Let us talk about what we disagree on. We disagree on the privatization of Social Security. There is nothing wrong with that. We disagree, Democrats, in our leadership, all the way down to the freshmen Member that just got here a couple of…
The gentleman used that distinguished thing quite loosely. ``Everyone Loves Ryan,'' is that your favorite show? I just want to ask. The gentleman used it as an example. Does the gentleman watch it?
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