[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          A TWO-HEADED TURKEY

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE. Mr. Speaker, the Republican Party are handing the 
American people a two-headed turkey for Thanksgiving. On the eve of 
this Thanksgiving, 3,484,947 people are being hurt by this Government 
shutdown.
  I have in my hand a letter to Speaker Newt Gingrich which says I join 
in with my colleagues to keep this Congress working all through the 
weekend. I am sorry I have not heard from him and he has not heard us. 
I am here to work.
  It seems that intuition is the only basis upon which we have a budget 
that will hurt Texans all over the map. Forty-one schools in Texas will 
be closed out of the direct loan program, approximately 57,000 students 
will lose access to direct loans in Texas. Thirty-three percent of our 
children under 18 will get absolutely nothing out of the $245 billion 
tax cut for the wealthy across this Nation, and $32 billion will be cut 
out of the earned income tax for 13 million families earning under 
$30,000. They will get absolutely nothing.
  I want a real commonsense budget. I voted for a balanced budget, but 
this Republican budget as presently proposed is nothing but a two-
headed turkey for Americans. Who do you think deserves the honor? Who 
is a turkey here?

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