[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THANKSGIVING INTROSPECTION

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, among those many blessings for which we can 
give thanks this Thanksgiving, one is our good fortune at being a part 
of the greatest Nation in the world.
  Yes, I have listened to those who come almost daily to this House 
floor to whine about almost everything that has happened in this 
country over the last six decades, beginning with President Roosevelt 
signing Social Security into law, something they have never gotten 
over. But while we are gathered at the Thanksgiving table this 
Thursday, let us look at our own families and think what we want our 
national priorities to be.
  As we look at the oldest member of our family, do we want to deny her 
health care security just in order to give those who have the most 
another tax break? As we look at the youngest, do we want to put more 
obstacles in the way of their educational opportunities so that they, 
too, can share in the great bounty of this Nation just in order to give 
the Pentagon $7 billion in costly weapons systems it never asked for? 
And are all of us going to have to buy bottled water next Thanksgiving 
because this Congress cannot stand up to the polluter lobby? I think 
not.
  The American people can speak out this Thanksgiving about what they 
have to be thankful for and what they will be thankful for when this 
budget is concluded.

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