03/02/2009
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"That is such a dangerously low level of funding, it would leave the government unable to carry out its basic functions."
"If you believe America is better off by gutting these investments, you fundamentally misunderstand the true source of our Nation's strength. I yield back."
"I think there is a way forward here and I would just ask you to study it, and I would not expect you to embrace it today."
"I think that an opportunity exists to do that again, and if we could reform something like that--and again, Mr. Delaney and I have presented this for three consecutive Congresses--I think this Preside..."