[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 119 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7499]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE ``SCARE ME AL'' DOLL

  (Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, it seems each holiday 
season a hot new toy or doll takes the Nation by storm. Parents and 
kids line up and pay hefty prices for the item of the season. If it is 
not beany babies, it is a doll called Tickle Me Elmo.
  If the Vice President has his way, this year's sensation will be a 
new doll called Scare Me Al. Scare Me Al is a carved wooden doll with 
one of those pull strings connected to prerecorded messages for our 
kiddies. It says things like, ``Today was the hottest day in the 
history of the world.'' Pull the string again and Scare Me Al will tell 
your kids that unless you get rid of that sport utility vehicle that 
mom uses to drive them to soccer practice, the ice caps will melt and 
raise the sea levels until we all drown.
  Scare Me Al is the perfect companion for all of the EPA taxpayer-
printed coloring books and other literature which relate the same 
frightening global warming scare stories to the children K through 12. 
As for me, Madam Speaker, I would rather take my chances with the 
Clinton Justice Department, and buy my grandkids a new game of 
monopoly.

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