[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 71 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 9, 1994]
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                          DEMOCRAT BLAME GAME

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last week Congress was home for 
Memorial Day. Besides the usual holiday picnic games, like sack races 
and softball, the Democrats added a new one: the blame game. Amazingly 
they decided to tag the Republicans for President Clinton's failures.
  Now there certainly is a lot of blame that needs spreading around for 
this administration's failures. And I guess there just are not enough 
people in the White House to take all of it, and one person who will 
not take any of it.
  The problem is that the Democrats cannot include Republicans in the 
blame game when they have excluded us from all the others.
  The fact is we have a Democrat House, we have a Democrat Senate, we 
have a Democrat President, and we now have Democrat gridlock. However, 
President Clinton wants a Republican excuse.
  It is pretty disconcerting to hear the captain blaming the passengers 
for the ship, S.S. Democrat, floundering. I suppose come November, it 
will be the water's fault when it sinks.

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