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May 18, 2012 |
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Rob Woodall, R-GA
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"Fiscal year 2011, Mr. Speaker, the year you and I showed up to this institution, we were still working on the FY 2011 budget in 2012 because the folks who left the body before us didn’t get it done. We actually reduced spending—it doesn’t happen often in America—but we reduced discretionary spending in real dollars, actual dollars, from what we were spending in 2010 to what we spent in 2011. But that wasn’t enough for this freshman class, Mr. Speaker. You know it wasn’t."
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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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"I love what Texas did with medical malpractice reform in its State court system, but it’s a State court system. I also know that if the Congress decides we need to start dictating to every State what their State court system can or can’t do, then when a far more liberal Congress comes in they will be able to say, Look, you so-called “conservative” Republicans dictated to the States what their State tort law should be, so now we’re going to dictate to the States what we think it should be, and it ends up being a Federal takeover of something that is entirely a State system."
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| Territorial Tanf Equity Act Of 2012 |
May 17, 2012 |
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Pedro Pierluisi, D-PR
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"What we‘re talking about is fairness. What we‘re talking about is parity. There should be equal treatment for all American citizens, regardless of where they reside within America. I support statehood for Puerto Rico for several reasons, one of which is this concept of parity. Once a territory becomes a State, it doesn’t have to seek parity. It automatically participates in all Federal programs."
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