Consider to actions. T two actions. Its important to get an idea of the problem before a solution. Here is what they said in 2009. We are confident each of the ash basins have Structural Integrity necessary to protect the environment. What the heck happened . How are you certain . Duke supported the bill. You might ask why they are not in indiana . I would hope you consider giving citizens affected by coal ash a chance to speak are at play without interpreters. You can hear what it has been like and ask what certainty they are looking for. I think you will hear there is a certainty they will be cleaned up some time in their lifetime. Many of them have been waiting a long time. I think they would like the certainty. They would like the certainty the ash pond is not going to collapse on top of them and dump ash into the river. They can bring their own legal action if the state doesnt do anything. I will say the citizens have worked on these issues for a long time. They deserve to be hear
Extremist effort. Their partisan base will be happy, but at the expense of the health of many women and families in our country. This bill will have a serious impact on the familys ability to make their own Health Care Decisions. It will raise taxes on hardworking americans, just if they happen to choose a health care that plan that this majority doesnt like. And for what . Some of my republican colleagues can score cheap political points. This is not what the American People want. They want an agenda that lifts people up. They want us to be working on legislation that creates jobs, boost paychecks in this country and strengthens our economy. This bill will do none of these things. It is nothing but a cynical attempt to put politics where it doesnt belong. Vote no on this rule and vote no on this blatant political gambity. I know how embarrassing it is for the republicans because of their own snaffue within their own caucus, but lets get on to the real business of creating more jobs in
Words that should apply to all children cannot apply to the most helpless of all children. Mr. Speaker, we honor Abraham Lincoln most because he found the courage as president of the United States in the days of slavery, and he found the humanity within himself to recognize the image of god stamped on the soul of slaves, that the Supreme Court sa were not human. And that the tide of Public Opinion didnt recognize as protectble under the law protectable under the law. Could it still be that president barack obama might consider that perspective . As well as his own legacy and even eternity itself, and recognize that those little unborn children look so desperately to him now for help. Could it be that the president might finally remember that on the pages of the bible on which he laid his hands were the words written in red, in as much as you have done it unto one of the least of these, buy brethren, youve done it unto me. Whether he does or not its time for those of us in this chamber
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The countdown clock is now officially ticking down towards a vote on the secret republican bill to overhaul the American Health care system, and right now in the senate at this moment democrats are staging a lastditch protest that could go deep into the night. Democratic senators are now in the middle of a marathon session filled with speeches and procedural maneuvers designed to escate their opposition to what is by a accounts an unprecedented attempt by Senate Republicans to remake 1 6 of the u. S. Economy with a Health Care Bill they are drafting in total secrecy. Theres only one reason why republicans are doing this. Theyre ashamed of their bill. Rushing something through that fundamentally affects life and were pushing it to the floor with an insult to our history or insult to our values. This is shameful. What Senate Republicans are presenting is a brazen heist. You just cant point to any precedent. Remember, this is a bill that was ini
All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The countdown clock is now officially ticking down towards a vote on the secret republican bill to overhaul the American Health care system, and right now in the senate at this moment democrats are staging a lastditch protest that could go deep into the night. Mocratic senators are w the middle of a marathon session filled with speeches and procedural maneuvers designed to escalate their opposition to what is by all accounts an unprecedented attempt by Senate Republicans to remake 1 6 of the u. S. Economy with a Health Care Bill they are drafting in total secrecy. Theres only one reason why republicans are doing this. Theyre ashamed of their bill. Rushing something through that fundamentally affects life and were pushing it to the floor with an insult to our history or insult to our values. This is shameful. What Senate Republicans are presenting is a brazen heist. You just cant point to any precedent. Remember, this