[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       A MODERN-DAY HELEN OF TROY

  (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, Helen of Troy supposedly launched many 
ships with just her face. Today I picked up the Hill and read that the 
Speaker of the House is giving me credit for launching the Republican 
budget with my face. I want to thank him, but I cannot take credit.
  Everybody wondered how the Republicans got the last four votes on 
this Republican budget that they launched, because this Republican 
budget increases the deficit from this year, next year, and the next 
year. It is a disaster. It's a ship that should be sunk, not launched.
  Mr. Speaker, when the Republicans counted the votes, they did not 
have them, so they had to keep the voting machine open for a very long 
time while they pressured their Members to change. The Speaker said he 
did not have to work at all, that their four changers very willingly 
came down here and changed when they saw my face. That is fairly 
incredible, because I was not here. I was one of the first to vote, 
went home, and was watching the vote on C-SPAN, so I have something 
over Helen of Troy. If the Speaker is right, they can beam my face 
right back in here from C-SPAN even if I'm absent.

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