| Agriculture Reform, Food, And Jobs Act Of 2013—Motion To Proceed |
May 15, 2013 |
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Thomas Carper, D-DE
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"I want to mention this and I will yield. We had a bunch of Realtors in from Delaware. They wanted to talk about the budget and how we are doing. I explained that if you think of the Federal budget, think of it as a pie, think of it like a pizza pie or a chocolate pie, but think of it as a pie. The way I explained this is, over half of that pie is entitlement program spending. That is things we are entitled to by virtue of our age, our station in life, our service, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, some of our veterans’ benefits. But over half of the budget of that pie for spending, over half of it is entitlement spending and it is growing."
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| Marketplace Fairness Act Of 2013 |
April 24, 2013 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"What we are trying to achieve here is fairness and balance. We have obviously the major retailers across America supporting this, but more. We have units of government that are now not receiving the sales tax receipts from Internet sales they could. Of course, we have others interested—developers, Realtors, labor unions, business groups. It is the most amazing coalition backing the Marketplace Fairness bill."
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| Honoring Donna Jones, Of Idaho, For Her Distinguished Service To The People Of Idaho |
April 18, 2013 |
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Mike Simpson, R-ID
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"I do so on a day when the Idaho Association of Realtors is presenting Donna with its second annual Max C. Black Award for exceptional public service to the people of Idaho, and outstanding leadership on business and industry issues—an award she richly deserves. I want to thank the Idaho Association of Realtors for honoring Donna’s outstanding record of public service in this way and congratulate Donna for this well-earned recognition of her work."
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| Negative Effects Of Sequestration On Local Employers |
April 11, 2013 |
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Gerald Connolly, D-VA
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"Whether it’s cuts in small business assistance or in transportation, sequestration is reducing our investments in the very things that create jobs and provide for our competitive advantage in the future. Local realtors I met with expressed concern about the uncertainty of sequestration putting the brakes on sales just as regional and national housing markets are finally showing signs of a robust recovery. The slow-down in Federal spending is already creating a drag on local economies. A 22 percent drop in defense spending shaved nearly 3 points off economic growth in the last quarter, and the CBO projects it could be half of the growth otherwise projected in all of 2013 because of sequestration."
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