[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             THE GOPAC DEAL

  (Mrs. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, about 6 months ago I addressed 
this House about the GOPAC deal with Newt Gingrich. My words were 
written down then necessarily. But the mills of the gods grind slowly, 
but they grind exceedingly well. So the mills of the gods have caught 
up with Mr. Gingrich, and the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct has said that it is time to really look at the true facts.
  The Republicans have showered this floor with acrimony, swaggering 
bravado. I have heard the President vilified and called a bugger. I 
have heard welfare recipients called alligators, all from this side of 
the aisle. So to say now that we are trying to assassinate Mr. 
Gingrich's character is wrong. We are not trying to do that.
  I am happy to say today that the President of the United States 
vetoed the reconciliation bill and well he should have. Regardless of 
the type of pen that he used, he turned back this really, really 
vicious attack against the poor and the elderly and the underserved of 
this country.

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