[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RNC GOOFS ON TAX AND SPEND WORK SHEET

  (Mr. ABERCROMBIE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, as we know, the tax and 
spend work sheet went out all over the country. One was sent to my 
district from the National Republican Congressional Committee.
  It says here, ``Neil Abercrombie's Tax and Spend Work Sheet.'' The 
only problem is that they forgot to white out Representative Karen 
Thurman's name at the bottom. They were using a generic one-size-fits-
all work sheet for everybody in the country, and they are so stupid 
that they put somebody else's name on my work sheet. They do not know 
the difference between Hawaii and Florida.
  So when they ask me about taxing and spending, I say, ``I don't know, 
ask the Republican National Committee. They're the ones that put out 
Representative Karen Thurman's work sheet for my work sheet.''
  They say they want to represent the values of the people of the First 
District of Hawaii. Well, I am in good shape to do that. I do not live 
in Florida. Why do you not go down to Florida and check with 
Representative Karen Thurman the next time you want to do that?
  They told me this campaign was going to be nasty but they did not say 
it was going to be foolish as well.

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