H370 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 15, 2009 

The Bush administration has been 

asleep at the switch throughout our 

economic recovery efforts. They have 

failed to monitor the actions of the 

companies and banks that have received Federal support through TARP; 

they have failed to place real caps on 

the excessive pay of corporate CEOs 

who take taxpayer money; and they 

have failed to ensure taxpayer-lent 

funds are being wisely spent. 

Starting today our efforts to put our 

Nation’s economy back on the right 

track will be taken in a new direction. 

With consideration of H.R. 384 and the 

start of the Obama administration, accountability and oversight will now 

govern TARP. After 8 years it is a new 

beginning for our country, and it 

couldn’t have come at a better time, on 

the same day the Bank of America is 

seeking billions more in Federal assistance. 

Reform is what the American people 

deserve because it is their money on 

the line. 

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WELCOMING THE IOWA NATIONAL 

GUARD TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR 

THE INAUGURATION 

(Mr. LOEBSACK asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute.) 

Mr. LOEBSACK. Madam Speaker, 

today, I would like to highlight the 

special role the Iowa National Guard 

will play in the historic inauguration 

of President-elect Barack Obama. 

Approximately 1,000 Iowa National 

Guard troops, including 140 from my 

district, will join 6,000 other National 

Guardsmen and women from seven 

States to assist in the inaugural 

events. This historic trip to Washington, DC marks the first time in its 

170-year history that the Iowa National 

Guard has participated in a presidential inauguration. 

I have had the honor of meeting 

many of Iowa’s citizen shoulders both 

at home when they have responded to 

natural disasters such as last summer’s 

floods and abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are some of Iowa’s finest 

citizens and some of the finest troops 

in our military services. 

I would like to extend a warm welcome to my fellow Iowans as they arrive in Washington. I am deeply proud 

of the role they will play in this historic event. 

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FEDERAL TAX CREDITS FOR 

STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES 

(Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute.) 

Mr. DOGGETT. Madam Speaker, 

since the broad outlines of economic 

recovery legislation were first announced, Representative TOM

PERRIELLO and I have been working 

with our colleagues to see that that 

legislation was strengthened to include 

additional assistance for students and 

their families, students who deserve all 

the education that they are willing to 

work for. 

Today we are pleased to announce 

success. The legislation that will be 

filed to improve and strengthen our 

economy at this time of economic 

downturn will include about $12.5 billion in new federal assistance over the 

next 2 years in the form of federal tax 

credits. These tax credits will be expanded to include textbooks and course 

materials. They will help now so that 

every family that is spending a dollar 

on higher education this year will 

know they will get that dollar back, up 

to $2,500 next year when they pay their 

tax return. 

For the first time in history, this 

will be a refundable credit, as we proposed it, so that families making less 

than $40,000 a year, who did not qualify 

for the full credit in the past, will now 

be entitled to get up to $1,000 of their 

expenses. At a time of economic downturn, this is the time to support our 

students and their families. Help them 

and help rebuild our economy. 

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NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY FOR 2009—MESSAGE FROM 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 

STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111–7) 

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 

from the President of the United 

States; which was read and, together 

with the accompanying papers, without 

objection, referred to the Committees 

on Armed Services, Education and 

Labor, Energy and Commerce, Foreign 

Affairs, Homeland Security, Judiciary, 

Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, Small Business, 

Transportation and Infrastructure, 

Veterans’ Affairs and Ways and Means 

and ordered to be printed: 

To the Congress of the United States: 

I am pleased to transmit the 2009 National Drug Control Strategy, consistent with the provisions of section 

201 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006. 

My Administration released its first 

National Drug Control Strategy in 2002 

with the commitment to turn the tide 

against a problem that truly threatens 

everything that is good about our 

country. As we prepare to pass this 

noble charge to a new team of leaders, 

we can look back with satisfaction on 

what we have achieved together as a 

Nation. From community coalitions to 

our international partnerships, we pursued a balanced strategy that emphasized stopping initiation, reducing drug 

abuse and addiction, and disrupting 

drug markets. 

The results of our efforts are clear. 

Together we have helped reduce teenage drug use by 25 percent since 2001. 

This means 900,000 fewer American 

teens are using drugs. The Access to 

Recovery program alone has extended 

treatment services to more than 260,000 

Americans. Through law enforcement 

cooperation and international partnerships, the United States has caused serious disruptions in the availability of 

drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine, reducing the threat such 

drugs pose to the American people, 

while also denying profits to drug traffickers and terrorists. 

Our work is by no means complete— 

we must build on these efforts both to 

further reduce drug use and to rise to 

new challenges. I thank the Congress 

for its support and ask that it continue 

to support this critical endeavor. 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE

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HOUSE, January 15, 2009. 

CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL 

EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 

CERTAIN TERRORISTS—MESSAGE 

FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 

UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111– 

8) 

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 

from the President of the United 

States; which was read and, together 

with the accompanying papers, without 

objection, referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be 

printed: 

To the Congress of the United States: 

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides 

for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 

anniversary date of its declaration, the 

President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a 

notice stating that the emergency is to 

continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice 

stating that the emergency declared 

with respect to foreign terrorists who 

threaten to disrupt the Middle East 

peace process is to continue in effect 

beyond January 23, 2009. 

The crisis with respect to the grave 

acts of violence committed by foreign 

terrorists who threaten to disrupt the 

Middle East peace process that led to 

the declaration of a national emergency on January 23, 1995, as expanded 

on August 20, 1998, has not been resolved. Terrorist groups continue to 

engage in activities that have the purpose or effect of threatening the Middle 

East peace process and that are hostile 

to United States interests in the region. Such actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security, foreign policy, and 

economy of the United States. For 

these reasons, I have determined that 

it is necessary to continue the national 

emergency declared with respect to 

foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process and 

to maintain in force the economic 

sanctions against them to respond to 

this threat. 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 15, 2009. 


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