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| Authorization For Use Of Military Force |
May 18, 2012 |
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John Culberson, R-TX
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"We, as a constitutional conservative majority, are committed to restoring the checks and balances in the Constitution, the separation of powers, and to remind people every day until we are back in control of the Senate and we’ve got a Republican President. Once we’ve got a Republican House, Mr. Gohmert, I know we’ll be working arm in arm to pass legislation to return power to the States, to restore individual liberty. As Thomas Jefferson said, if you apply the core principles of the Constitution to any problem, the knot will always untie itself."
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| Government Spending |
May 18, 2012 |
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Rob Woodall, R-GA
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"The other part of spending is called mandatory spending, and that’s the part of spending that goes out the door whether Congress shows up to work or not. The President can take the year off. Congress can take the year off, that money is going to go out the door. That’s our parents’ and grandparents’ Social Security checks. Congress doesn’t have to affirmatively act to give you Social Security, Medicare. If you‘re 65 years old, you’ve worked the required amount of time, you show up at the Medicare office, you just get Medicare. And then we have to figure out how to pay for it. That’s called the mandatory spending side of the ledger."
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| Understanding The Place Of The District Of Columbia In Our Structure |
May 18, 2012 |
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Eleanor Norton, D-DC
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"The most important thing to remember as I speak this afternoon is that that anomaly got to be too much for the Congress, and 39 years ago the Congress sent back to the District the power to legislate for the District of Columbia. So if you hear Members say Congress can legislate for the District of Columbia, you must point them to the Home Rule Act of 1973."
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