[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HOW MANY SENIOR CITIZENS WILL THE REPUBLICANS ARREST TODAY?

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, after watching what happened in this 
House yesterday, I feel like taking this well and yelling at the other 
side: ``Hey, hey, what do you say, how many seniors are you Republicans 
going to arrest today?''
  This is supposed to be the people's House. I was totally outraged 
that people in wheelchairs, that seniors who were frail, that are 
absolutely no physical threat to anyone, are arrested and taken away 
because they are asking questions of the people's representatives; 
imagine, how dare they? That is wrong.
  I hope the leadership on the other side of the aisle apologizes to 
parents. I stand here in the name of my parents, my grandparents, and 
everyone else. That is not the America they fought for. I think we all 
ought to stand firm and say, ``We want an apology, and we want the 
elderly of America to know they are welcome here, and they are able to 
ask questions of elected leaders here, and they should be able to get 
answers from elected leaders here about this wonderful thing they are 
supposedly doing for them, not to them.''

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