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Date:7/31/2009

all of the leadership. We've acted not only as team, but as a partnership. And our Members have the stamina and the courage as well as the intellect and the determination to get the job done for the American people because it all comes down to them. What it means in their lives. How relevant it is to their kitchen table discussions.

"And the person who has that foremost in mind as we proceed with our legislative agenda is our distinguished Majority Leader, Mr. Hoyer."

Speaker Pelosi Closing Statement:

"I thank my colleagues for their presentations and for their leadership. As you see, we take great pride in the advancements that we have made for the American people and we present it to you with all of the commitment and specificity that will make a difference in the lives of the American people and take our country in a New Direction.

"One other pillar of the President's budget is education. Chairman Miller is not with us here, but his Committee has already passed out the education bill which will be part of our agenda when we come back in September on the floor. And that's about early childhood education -- it's many more young people getting Pell Grants and a higher rate of Pell Grants and just making higher education more affordable. Nothing brings more money to the Treasury as well as grows the economy more than the education of the American people.

"So again, we've heard the commitment, the specifics, the array of legislation that we're very proud of, to take the country in a New Direction. But again, they honor the principles of our budget: education, health care, energy policy, to create good jobs for the American people, to turn our economy around, to do so in a fiscally sound way, which lowers the deficit, again, creates jobs, and gives tax cuts to 95 percent of the American people.

"And in that spirit of celebration and pride that w
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