Tim Ryan

And it makes our roads less safe. I mean, that's why you're here. That's why I'm here. We care about jobs. We care about economic development. We care about all these things, as we'll continue to talk about tonight, Mr. Speaker, but the…

Well, that's kind of like the President during Katrina; he flies in. He says, Hey, you're doing a great job, Brownie. Well, maybe you should look and see what he did before you start making the comments. So there's a little bit of a…

I totally agree and that's the point. Every argument that has been put in front of this piece of legislation is a phony argument that doesn't stand the scrutiny of any kind of debate.

How about the fact that we want to help these kids before it's an emergency. We don't want to wait for it to be an emergency, for God's sake. Now, we understand that the way things have been run by this executive branch over the past 6…

But to your point, Mr. Murphy, no one, no one thinks wasting money is a good thing. So it seems to me that our friends on the other side have literally become a caricature of themselves. They think that the American public, Mr. Speaker…

And the question is, what does it cost if you don't pay the $3.50 a day? You're probably paying tens of thousands on the other end. And that kid is going to end up in the classroom, Mr. Meek, with your son and your daughter and is going to…

I mean, are you kidding me; to not have the understanding that we would save money if we gave these kids antibiotics before they end up in the emergency room 2 weeks later with pneumonia, that that doesn't save us tens of thousands of…

Can you imagine? I mean, this is just what is mind boggling. It is 2007, we're a couple of months from 2008, and the President of the United States of America says to the poorest kids in our country, you can go to the emergency room.

You will probably remember, because we were in the State Senate together in Ohio, there was a study done by the University of Akron. It said every dollar that the State of Ohio invested in higher education, they got $2 back in tax money…

I just want to clarify that you, at least, do believe that we do have an obligation to spend money. I appreciate you saying that.

I find it peculiar that he was saying that he was trying to support the workers. And I wish he would remember the vote on the minimum wage when he and the leadership of his party were consistently trying to prevent us from passing the…

There's not been a tax increase here. This is not where the President can say, I'm going to veto this bill because the Democrats increased taxes on someone. What we did is we shifted this money that was going to the banks and allowed them…

Well, $50 million for children's health care or 5 months more in Iraq, let the American people make that decision. Poll that, get the focus group out and figure that one out, where the American people are going to be. They're going to be…

I cannot let that go unanswered. We are not promoting abortion. We are trying to reduce the number of abortions by providing contraception. The fact of the matter is the Republican party has no plan on reducing the number of abortions…

According to the logic of money being fungible, all of the money that our friends on the other side over the past 6 years who have borrowed from China, allowed China to make money on the interest, and therefore use that money to have…

Just to clarify the record, Mr. Chairman, this is not money. This is a product that will be shipped. And the other side keeps distorting the debate. This is about the product going over there. You can't say you're for family planning and…

I'd just like some clarification. You said this money is going to come from countries that need it, and it's going to go to other countries. Are you suggesting that those other countries do not need this kind of contraceptives and the…

Let's reassure those soldiers and their families who are serving that this will not be another Vietnam when these kids come home. I think we've already seen that. In the VA budget, $1.7 billion above the President's request for medical…

Let's look at what happened here in the last couple of days. Right here, about 20 minutes ago, we heard two of our friends on the other side, Mr. Speaker, talk about a balanced budget amendment. They just ran up $3 trillion in debt, raised…

It is like the 1992-1993 talking points have been taken off the shelf somewhere in the cloakroom and dusted off.

I would like to clarify. The other side is trying to say that if there are tax increases in the future, it all has to do with this bill which we just increased by a few hundred million. It has nothing to do with the $3 trillion debt that…

In 2008, there will not be a tax increase. And no one has to believe me, Mr. Chairman. No one has to believe our friends on the other side. What the American people need to do is keep their tax forms from this year and compare them to…

Just to clarify. The ranking member submitted earmarks. There are no earmarks in the bill. That's a clear difference. I ask my friend from North Carolina, what do you want to cut out of this bill? The Border Patrol? The 3,000 Border Patrol…

As the Republicans move to rise, as they move to adjourn, as they try to filibuster, that is just buying time for these programs not to get implemented. And God forbid the American people, after another attack, come to us and say, what…

I will not yield. The problem with this is that God forbid something does happen in this country. Every minute that we waste here is 1 more minute that the terrorists get to attack this country without the proper port security, without the…