[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9145]
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                            HURTFUL COMMENTS

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, just this past weekend, the Speaker of the 
House, the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], made some very 
hurtful and intemperate remarks about New York, New York City and New 
York State, for which he has apologized, but frankly the hurt is still 
there.
  The Speaker said that New York was ``a culture of waste for which 
they expect us to send a check and that this country is not going to 
bail out habits that have made New York so extraordinarily expensive.''
  I want to say to the Speaker that New York City and New York State 
for many, many years has been sending the Federal Government much more 
than it is getting back; in fact, to the tune of $9 billion. New York 
sends and New York State sends to the Government much more than it gets 
back.
  The State of Georgia, quite frankly, sends $1 billion less than it 
gets, $1 billion less than it gets. So Georgia is a net gain in terms 
of Federal largess and New York is a net loser. In fact, in the 
Speaker's district, that district has received more pork frankly than 
any other district.
  Let me just say we should be very careful before we make such hurtful 
statements, and let me say the Speaker is now in New York raising 
money. If he detests us so, he ought not to do that, and I hope his 
budget would change and that New York would get some more help.

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