I hope that there is more meat to the President's proposal for economic recovery than press accounts would indicate, for if there is not, his plan is like offering a beggar a bone. There is no real nourishment-only something to chew on while hoping for better times.
Calling for an economic stimulus package during the recession.
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Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.
I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.
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