John Boehner on the record on CSPAN

Jason Altmire, D-Pennsylvania 4th District
10:24:27 AM (00:22:45)
1 minute
Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, this Democratic Congress has a strong record of delivering on our promise to the American people and providing real and meaningful change. And we have done so in a fiscally responsible way, instituting pay-as-you-go, deficit reduction discipline.

One area where we have made real progress for the American people is by supporting the men and women who serve our Nation in the Armed Forces. Under Democratic control, this House provided substantially more than the President requested for the new M- [Page: H11176] RAP vehicles proven to save lives in Iraq. We voted to give our troops a pay raise that the President called ``unnecessary.'' We strengthened military health care with the Wounded Warriors Act to clean up the inadequate care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed and other facilities. And the Democratic House voted to provide the largest increase in funding for VA health care in the history of this country.

Mr. Speaker, these investments that support our veterans and troops overseas are just a few examples of how our Democratic Congress is taking America in a new direction.

In this one John Boehner talks about jobs and healthcare. It goes back to 2007, so it is doubtful he will even remember what he said. By the way, when was the last time he talked about creating jobs?

On the troops in Iraq and the fact they did not attack us from Iraq but it is the lie some in Congress were pushing.

"Make sure they have access to affordable healthcare" yes he actually said that. He talked about being a union member and how Sarah Palin's husband belongs to a union. He also talked about military and veterans families and "strong national defense" but what we ended up with was a huge cut to the military and veterans with sequestration.