House Proceeding 03-18-09 on Mar 18th, 2009 :: 2:21:50 to 2:33:44
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Speech By: George Miller

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George Miller: intohe national service corps of this nation. these kinds of services are in desperate need in so many areas of the country. this is a very important amendment to making sure that

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Ron Klein: our veterans are able to proceed with all of their when they return home. i thank the gentleman for offering the amendment. i urge passage of the the chair: the gentleman from new mexico. mr. teague: yes, mr. chairman. i yield the remaining time to the co-sponsor of this

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Speech By: Ron Klein

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Ron Klein: amendment, congressman klein. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for the balance of the time. mr. klein: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thk the gentleman. mr. chairman and members, i rise in strong support of this amendment and the underlying bill. congressman teague and i introduced this amendment in order to clarify the services that can be formed by veterans,

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Ron Klein: corporate volunteers everywhere. i represent palm beach and broward county in florida. we all agree when americans who wear the military unifor return from service they deserve to be treated with the higheslevel of respect and diity that they have earned. this includes making sure they receive the benefits they are entitled to. i know we all share that commitment.

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Ron Klein: while the united states department of veterans' affairs and military staff work hard to ensure that every veteran gets full advantage of the benefits they have earned, some veteran still have difficulty navigating the system and coming up with all the necessary documents. by allowing trained veteran corps volunteer to guide them through this process, we can

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Ron Klein: ensure more veterans obtain the benefits they were promised. with thousands of new members -- service members returning from afghanistan and iraq, the job of the veterans corps is more critical than ever. as of september, 2008, 330,000 iraq and afghanistan war veterans have filed disability claims with the v.a.

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Ron Klein: yet 54,000 are still waiting for confirmation that the v.a. even received their claims. the average wait for disability claim is more than six months. this amendment could help these veterans access the services they need. i can think of few priorities greater or more urgent than providing basic services such as these to our brave men and

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Ron Klein: women who protect our country, secure our peace and safeguard our way of life. i would like to thank my colleague, cgressman teague, for working with me on this amendment, and particularly chairman miller for introducing this important piece of legislation which will enabl hundreds of thousands of

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Earl Blumenauer: americans to dedicate their time to a cause that is bigger than themselves through volunteerism and community service. i urge adoption of this amendment and a yes vote on the underlying legislation for the our country as a whole. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. all time has expired. the question is the approval of

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Speech By: Earl Blumenauer

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Dina Titus: the amendment by the gentleman from new mexico and the gentleman from florida. all in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is approved. it is now in order to consider amendment number 11 printed in house report 111-39. for what purpose does the

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Speech By: Dina Titus

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Dina Titus: gentlewoman from nevada rise? ms. titus: mr. chairman, i have the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in house report 111-39 offered by ms. titus of nevada. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 250, the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. titus, and a member opposed, will each

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Dina Titus: control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from nevada. ms. titus: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. titus: thank you very much. i rise today in support of this amendment which will create a national service reserve corps. in recent years, we have watched with broken hearts when the aftermath of some natural

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Dina Titus: disaster has left people homeless, jobless and helpless. but we've also felt as we witnessed our fellow citizens rise to the occasion with perseverance and selflessness to assist those in need, a real hope for the future. many wonderful americans, including members of this body, have reached into their hearts

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Dina Titus: and their pockets to help, to serve, to workand to give. the creation of a national service reserve corps will make sure that those who are most eager to serve and already have the training that communities need can be deployed quickly and effectively. our amendment will create a national service reserve corps

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Dina Titus: composed of alumni of americorps and senior corps programs. these wonderful volunteers can be identified and called upon in time of natural disasters and emergencies to start the relief and rebuilding process posthaste. the corps members will not only have the valuable training and experience from their year of service, but they will also

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Dina Titus: receive annual training sessions in emergency response. our nation is facing numerous economic challenges, and nevada, my state, is one of the hardest hit. we have endured record foreclosures and an employment rate that is approaching double digits. nevada americorps volunteers have been invaluable to our communities in need.

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Dina Titus: over 2,000 americorps members have served in 15 different programs. they've provided more than 2.5 million hours of service and have earned over 4.7 million dollars in education credits. in 2007, americorps programs contributed over 25,000 hours of service to nevada and

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Dina Titus: members recruited over 3,300 community volunteers who then gave more than 2,300 hours of service. with public need rising all across the country, we must do all we can to sure up -- shore up volunteer programs and provide opportunities to those who want to be of service. by creating a national service

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Dina Titus: reserve corps we will create an organized deployment system for those citizens who are ready to serve and are trained to do so. we will also show volunteers and anyone who is considering a

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Thomas E. Petri: year of national service that we value their contribution and we will continue to honor it in the years to come. so i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment as well as final passage of the give act. so i thank you and, mr. chairman, at this time i will yield two minutes to the

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Speech By: Thomas E. Petri

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Thomas E. Petri: gentleman from virginia. the chair: the gentleman f virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. perriello: thank you. i rise today in support of this great national service bill and specifically the reserve corps amendment. i rise also as a proud member of the community service generation. my generation, which was often

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Thomas E. Petri: given a hard time for not voting, was always volunteering in record numbers. we did believe in the idea of civic duty and community service that we had learned from our grandparents in the greatest generation. and we saw through the original americorps programs and others what a great idea service was, not only was it a chance to help out tse struggling in

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Thomas E. Petri: our community, but it was a chance to build our own character and our own sense of commitment to community and to country. i come from the nonprofit sector. i spent most of the last decade before congress in the nonprofit sector, and i have not had a day of that experience go by that i did not feel that i had benefited as much as i had helped.

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Thomas E. Petri: i'veorked in west africa, in darfur, in the communities with at-risk kids back here at home. and always enjoyed and celebrated that time. there are few things that i learned from that time in the nonprofit sector that i believe have gone into this reserve corps amenent. first and foremost is the idea that once you get someone to

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Thomas E. Petri: volunteer for a little piece of time you've turned them into a volunteer for life. volunteering is a wonderful program and where we can reach out and he volunteers we will see that continue to come back to our communities time and time ain. and this cannot be something that's only affordable to those with wealth. we have so many displaced workers who want to volunteer,

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Thomas E. Petri: senior citizens who want to volunteer, high school students. and we need to be celebrating and fostering that spirit of service. and finally, we need to respect and understand the level of professionalism in our nonprofit and volunteer sector. people learn skills here that are incredibly valuable to our community. and this reserve corps is based on the idea that once we have made that investment in giving

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Thomas E. Petri: someone the skills to be a great high-level professional volunteer in their community, let's keep them on as a reserve corps so that we can call them up in times of great national emergency, like hurricane katrina, to help rebuild levees, to help build low-income homes. let's make volunteerism not something to do for a smer but something to do for a

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Thomas E. Petri: lifetime. i believe this bill reaches in the best tradition of service and the best of our sense of

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Earl Blumenauer: this being not something that happens for one generation but across generations, particularly of this time of economic crisis when we must all come together. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. platts: thank you, mr. chairman. i claim time in opposition to

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Speech By: Earl Blumenauer

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Earl Blumenauer: the amendment although i'm not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection. mr. platts: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. platts: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of the amendment, commend the gentlelady from nevada and the gentleman from virginia for their amendment. i urge a yes vote and yield

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Earl Blumenauer: back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from nevada. ms. titus: mr. chairman, i yield time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. all time has expired. the question is on approval of the amendment. those in favor say aye. ose opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is approved. ms. titus: on that, mr.

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Earl Blumenauer: chairman, i call for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from nevada will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. miller: i think there are no further amendments to the bill. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, pceedings will now resume on those amendments

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Earl Blumenauer: printed in house report 111-39 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment number 2 by ms. pingree, amendment number 4 by mr. loebsack, amendment number 5 by mr. roe, amendment number 6 by ms. kilroy, amendment number 8 by ms.

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Earl Blumenauer: markey,nd amendment number 11 by ms. titus. the first electronicote will be conducted as a 15-minute