House Proceeding 03-24-09 on Mar 24th, 2009 :: 0:24:55 to 0:26:10
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Stephen Cohen: their budget plans for deficits rough 2019 that are actually higher than any year before president obama took office. i yield back. the speaker pro temp gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. cohen: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. the american public wants to see birtisanship and they want to see democrats and republicans

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Speech By: Stephen Cohen

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Stephen Cohen: work together. this is my second congress i have served in. it's disappointing to me to see a new president who was elected with overwhelming numbers and overwhelming support not get bipartisan help and support on his efforts. i don't agree with president obama with everything that he's trying to do to get us out of

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Stephen Cohen: the economic morass that the republican congress and the previous president and vice president left us in. i support our president because i know we have one executive authority and one treasury department that needs have a direction to get us on the road to psperity. it is disappointing when people just criticize, criticize. the fact is we need to spend to get --timulate this economy

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Stephen Cohen: and we need a recovery package as well as a reinvestment package to get this economy moving. that's what's being offered. it's being geared toward the middle class that's been forgotten. on the other side they talk about preserving prosperity for our children and grandchildren.