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Austin Scott is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 8th congressional district since 2011. Throughout his tenure, he has served on various committees, focusing primarily on agricultural issues, which are vital to his district's economy. Scott has been an advocate for policies that support farmers and promote rural development in Georgia. He has also been involved in efforts to preserve historical sites within the state, emphasizing the importance of protecting Georgia's rich cultural heritage.
Ladies and gentlemen, the question that we have got to ask ourselves this day is whose side are you on? Are you on the insurance companies' side or are you on the American people's side? Now, ladies and gentlemen, the American people are…
In closing, Mr. Speaker, let me again thank my colleague, Congressman Neugebauer, for his distinguished work on this. It has been a pleasure. Again, as he articulated eloquently a few minutes ago, the two things that this bill really does…
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me commend you for the excellent leadership that you have provided on this issue. In this debate today, the one point that has been missing is this: What about the American people? That's what this debate…
Mr. Speaker, this is an important, important issue. It is at the crucible of this entire debate on health care. And the crucible is this: We must bring down the cost of health care. And in a free economy, the surest way of bringing down…
We have had the pleasure of having the distinguished guest chaplain for today from my district in Georgia. Each year, the Reserve Officers Association presents a Chaplain of the Year Award, which is selected by the Chief of Chaplains of…
I rise on a very, very joyous and celebratory occasion, an occasion to wish happy birthday to an extraordinary person, a great American, and a leading world citizen, and that is home run king Hank Aaron. For on February 5th of this month…
as I stand here, it is very important for us to remember the words of our first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, for it was Alexander Hamilton who said the greatness of a strong, centralized government shines at its most…
I think that what we have on each side of us here is a failure to communicate. Ms. Foxx, you continually point out that we don't have accountability. And, in the bill that we passed, the TARP bill we passed on yesterday, are clearly…
Yes, we do. I am sure the gentleman would agree that not only are Federal observers there to see that the money is going to foreclosures, but they are also there to see that the banks are lending, to see that it's going to community banks…
I represent Georgia, which has 300,000 children who badly need coverage in this legislation. Let me take a part of my moment here, if I may, to respond to what I think are some misstatements from the other side because this is, indeed, a…
First let me address a couple of points that the other side has mentioned. The first erroneous statement is that this is a one-person bill, the chairman's. Nothing could be further from the truth. This has been an open process. Many of the…
what a great day this is, to be able to finally, finally, pass this much-needed bill. Madam Speaker, we have over 300,000 Georgia young people and children who desperately need this legislation. We worked hard in the past sessions to be…
I rise today to speak to the Nation and to honor the South Cobb High School marching band--the Blue Eagle Band--for being selected to march for Barack Obama, the first African American to be elected President, in this extraordinary and…
Thank you very much. It is always a pleasure to come down and to be able to communicate with the American people with my distinguished members of our Blue Dog Coalition. What I would like to do as a part of this discussion tonight is to…
The very future of our country is at stake. In this past winter's meeting when we were at NATO, word came out that a Chinese lawmaker, and incidentally, we are borrowing $500 billion from the Chinese, he stands up and he says I think we…
this bill requires our urgent action to override the President's veto. The American people are concerned about many, many things, but they are most concerned about the high cost of food and the high cost of gasoline. And as soon as this…
let me first begin by paying just a few words to our beloved Senator Edward Kennedy, who is at this very moment, as we know, fighting for his life. Senator Kennedy is beloved by all of us. He is truly the lion in the Senate. Our prayers…
let me just say, is this a perfect bill? No, but is it a good bill, yes. It's a good bill for the people of America in response precisely to their needs now. The American people are concerned about high food prices, this brings it down…
You know, I'm wondering whether the Republicans are looking at the same America I'm looking at, and that the American people are feeling. Between 7,000 and 8,000 American families file for foreclosure every day. While we were up here…
What we see here, Madam Chairman, is a fundamental difference between the Republicans and the Democrats when it comes to responding to the pressing needs of the American people. Let us look at really where we are. We are in a depressed…
What we are seeing on our side as what is critical is keeping people in their homes. And in order to do that, we are simply offering that we extend the FHA ability to authorize and simply place a guarantee of loans up to $300 billion which…
Let us deal with the housing crisis. We've got several problems to deal with. And simply because we're dealing with the housing prices, you come down here and want to throw up the gas prices as if to say we've got to deal with that, then…
It has been made clear, my good friend from California, by the Federal Reserve, by noted economists from my beloved school of Wharton, as well as Harvard, that in terms of liquidity, we are in the worst times of depression.
So it is very important. And let me get to the other area very quickly, and that is the area of these private contractors. We have received complaint after complaint after complaint from your constituents and our constituents who have been…
Mr. Speaker, today, we gather to pay tribute and to recognize an extraordinary life on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ... For as we look at the front page of the New York Times yesterday, we find…
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