| Honoring South Gibson High School |
May 18, 2012 |
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Stephen Fincher, R-TN
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"The vision of South Gibson High School is to create a community of empowered learners. Although today ends their journey in high school; the ever-changing demands of the 21st century economy requires them to always be thinking, challenging, and innovating. And it’s that kind of life-long learning that will keep America’s place, as President Ronald Reagan said, “a shining city on the hill.”"
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| Government Spending |
May 18, 2012 |
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Rob Woodall, R-GA
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"That’s the kind of work we’ve gotten done here in 16 months, Mr. Speaker. I’m proud to have worked with you on it. This chart, though, shows the challenges that we’re facing."
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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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"Where are the small-government Tea Party members, the ones who are trying to teach the House of Representatives a lesson about pulling back even from Federal matters? You cross the line very seriously when you involve yourself in local matters where you yourself cannot be held accountable. Do you believe in democracy or not? It seems to me that the entire notion of passing a law and imposing it on people who have no say about it is a kind of authoritarianism that we ourselves criticize on this floor every single day in one fashion or another."
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| Authorization For Use Of Military Force |
May 18, 2012 |
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Louie Gohmert, R-TX
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"And so we wanted to make sure that for those people who did not have a right to get a full jury trial—immigrants do not have that right. They’re subject to the immigration courts. If they’re going to be deported, they go to the immigration court. They don’t have a right to go have a Federal trial in a United States district court over whether or not they get to stay in the United States. That’s been ruled on many times. They don’t get that kind of court."
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| Debt Ceiling “Groundhog Day” |
May 17, 2012 |
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John Yarmuth, D-KY
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"The Speaker has said, no, he doesn’t want to abandon the debt ceiling, he doesn’t want to violate the debt ceiling, he doesn’t want to let the country go into default. But isn’t this the same kind of uncertainty that our Republican friends say they are most concerned about? One day it’s, Well, we’re not going to raise the debt ceiling. The next day, No, I didn’t mean that."
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