[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    A HUGE BET THAT IS WORTH MAKING

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, this week more than 100,000 people will 
gather at Churchill Downs in my district for the 135th running of the 
Kentucky Derby. They will be placing big bets. And this week, this 
Democratic Congress is going to be placing a big bet, too.
  We're going to pass a budget resolution that makes a huge bet on 
America and the American people. By investing in targeted ways and 
developing a health care system that provides affordable, quality 
health care for every American, by creating a new energy system and a 
new energy direction in this country, and investing in higher education 
so that every American has the tools necessary to bring us into the 
21st century, we will be making a huge bet that the American people can 
grow us out of the huge hole that we're in now.
  I am proud that we're willing to make that bet, and I urge all of my 
colleagues to join us in betting on the American people.

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