House Proceeding 05-20-08 on May 20th, 2008 :: 0:32:20 to 0:34:25
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Speech By: Jim McDermott

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Jim McDermott: gentleman from louisiana. mr. mccrery: mr. speaker, at this time i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. foxx. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for

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Virginia Foxx: two minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i, too, apple here to support h.r. 6081, the heroes earnings assistance and relief tax act. we need to look for every way possible to give

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Speech By: Virginia Foxx

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Virginia Foxx: relief to our folks who are serving in the military. i'm pleased to say that two years ago the president signed into law a bill that i call the hero act, which allowed folks who earned combat

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Virginia Foxx: pay to use that pay to go into taking out an i.r.a. again, the idea came from an average citizen who notified our office of a concern because his son had tried to invest his combat pay

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Virginia Foxx: into an i.r.a., looking to prepare for his future, and we were able to get that bill passed through the ways and means committee two years ago. and that bill went through a similar experience

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Virginia Foxx: that this bill is going through, having passed, then meeting problems in the senate, then having to pass again. but i think this bill contains so many elements that will advantage people

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Virginia Foxx: who are willing to serve in the military. and as chairman rangel has said, these are the people who have kept us free from the beginning of this country, and i think that anything that we

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Virginia Foxx: can do to help them we need to do. i also recommend that we do something to lower our gas prices, which will help their families who are staying here in this country while they may be overseas

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Virginia Foxx: fighting for our freedom to deal with the rising cost of gas prices. and i call on the democrat majority to come up with their commonsense plan that they have said that they had to help us

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Virginia Foxx: lower the gas prices, not just for our military, but for all americans. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania.

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Virginia Foxx: mr. sestak: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sestak: mr. speaker, i joined up in the military during the vietnam conflict,

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Joe Sestak: and at that time and still today we don't have human resources departments in the military. you have young division officers take the challenges. whether it's an eviction notice or whether

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Speech By: Joe Sestak