[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E593]
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                       THE F22 IS REPUBLICAN PORK

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 14, 1995
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to make one more plea for 
justice. I want to again beg the leadership of this Congress to abandon 
its reckless demolition of the programs that have helped to make 
America great in the eyes of the whole civilized world. The way we as a 
nation have treated the least among us is the vital ingredient of our 
greatness. This is a plea for honest decisionmaking. Yes, there is 
waste in Government and it must be removed. But school lunches and 
summer youth employment programs are not wasteful. These are the 
Government programs that work. These are the programs that are still 
very much needed. The CIA is not needed at the level of $28 billion a 
year.
  The farm price supports for rich farmers are no longer needed at the 
level of $16 billion a year. We don't need another Sea Wolf submarine. 
We certainly do not need to spend billions of dollars for F22 fighter 
planes. The F22 enterprise in Marietta, Georgia represents a long-term 
overwhelming pork barrel. For this same amount of money we could employ 
twice the number of people in the civilian sector creating 
infrastructure and services that are needed. The F22 is Republican 
pork. In the Federal budget this is a huge hog that deserves to be 
slaughtered.
                       The F22 is Republican Pork

     The F22
     Pork not for me and you
     The F22
     Toys for skies blue
     Empty of any
     Enemy crew
     The F22
     Jobs for just a few
     The F22
     Rich Georgia stew
     Pork pork pork
     Not for me and you
     Off the orphans
     Starve the kids
     Save the contracts
     Roll out the bids
     Bully the poor
     Be a hi-tech dog
     Eat the best meat
     High on the hog
     For the peach
     Who gives a hoot
     The F22
     Pork is now
     The Georgia State fruit
     Pork pork pork
     Where they grew
     The F22
     That's the Speaker's
     Hometown too
     The F22
     Pork pork pork
     Not for me and you.
     

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