[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A REMAKE OF THE BODY SNATCHERS?

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, is this a replay of the first 100 days of 
FDR? That is what the Republican leadership would have the American 
people believe. Or is it more like a really bad remake of ``Invasion of 
the Body Snatchers,'' some alien force has taken over the other side as 
they march lockstep and they will not consider any problems that they 
are creating with their contract. No matter how problematic, no matter 
how contradictory, no matter how poorly drafted their proposals, the 
contract must go forward, the alien force says.
  Today $3 billion more for a needy Pentagon. They cannot make ends 
meet on a $271 billion budget. The American people know that. And next 
week we eliminate the School Lunch Program and the Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children because we cannot afford it.
  Is there a little contradiction here? Is this 100 days to address the 
real needs of the American people akin to FDR, or is it a nightmarish 
remake of ``Invasion of the Body Snatchers''?
  Make up your own mind.
  

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