[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 69 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DISAPPOINTMENT FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, how disappointed the American 
public must have been on Thursday night when they saw the Republican 
leadership and the President of the United States come together to work 
the budget bill so to deny American communities the right to build the 
bridges and the highways that are so necessary if we are not going to 
continue to choke on the traffic. How disappointed the American public 
must have been when last night they learned that the Republican 
leadership and the Senate and the President of the United States came 
together to deny health care to millions of America's children for the 
sake of the budget agreement. How disappointed they must have been to 
see these two working hand in hand to deny us the ability to deal with 
the infrastructure problems of our communities and the health care of 
our children.
  So much for that bridge to the 21st century, and so much for the 
healthy children that we are supposed to walk across it.

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