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Louie Gohmert: this rule is so cynical. The biggest spending bill in the history of the world and the rule says we can't even have the…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2009
this rule is so cynical. The biggest spending bill in the history of the world and the rule says we can't even have the bill read out loud here on the floor so the American people really know what we're doing to future generations. And to hear my colleagues across the aisle, Madam Speaker, talk about the jobs, 600,000 jobs being lost in the last month, it breaks my heart for every job. We lost 1200 in east Texas yesterday. Why? Because the hope and the change that people voted for in the President has come to doom and gloom. They have held on to avoid letting their workers go, but now for the last month they've heard the Democratic proposals and what they see is no hope. There's no hope left in this bill. It's not going to help the economy, so they're having to let their workers go. We say yes to the American people. We say no to the atmosphere of arrogance that says the American people are not the solution. They are the solution. Give them a tax holiday. Let them keep their own money and spend it to get the economy going. That's yes to America. That's yes to the American solution.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Criticizing a major spending bill and its impact on jobs during a House floor debate.

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