House Proceeding on Mar 18th, 2009 :: 0:06:05 to 0:07:15
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Ted Poe: america will continue to experience morning in america. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, a.i.g. took bailout money and then

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: gave millions to execs in bonuss. now congress is bent out of shape about it and rightfully so. but the truth is in the last stimulus bill that congress quickly passed with little or no debate was an attached amendment to allow a.i.g. to do exactly what they did, give out high-dollar bonuss. congress is responsible for this irrponsible spending and must deal with the consequences.

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Ted Poe: to make matters worse, a.i.g. gave bailout money to foreign banks, like in france. the french are the same people that ville find the united states -- villeified the united states, blamed the world's problems on us and have a disdain for anything american. we helped sa them in world war i, saved them again in world war ii and took over in vietnam after they failed there.

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Ted Poe: but with little or no gratitude from the french. and a.i.g. also gave billions to german and english banks. mr. speaker, we cannot continue to give away taxpayer money and