[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H2707-H2708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE FEDERAL DEBT AND TAX CUTS

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, today the House of Representatives will 
vote to borrow $75 billion adding to our $6 trillion mountain of 
Federal debt. Maybe we would not have to borrow that money if we asked 
the wealthy people if we could cancel, ask them to contribute a little 
bit to this crisis, but we will not do that here. What are we going to 
spend the $75 billion on? $10 billion of foreign aid including $1 
billion for Turkey, and remember how

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helpful they have been, $1 billion for Turkey which their ambassador 
says is a unilateral act on the part of the United States of America. 
They have not asked for it and they do not want it, but we are going to 
give them that billion. We are going to borrow it, and give it to them.
  Billions to rebuild Iraq including 6,000 schools. Universal health 
care is going to be implemented in Iraq. We already have a request for 
a proposal online from the United States Government to provide that.
  What about here at home? What about our schools? What about the 44 
million Americans that do not have health care? Not a penny of 
emergency spending in this bill for them. And then finally we have of 
course port security, first responders. Where are the funds we need to 
defend our country and where is the money the airline workers have been 
waiting for? For 18 months we promised them they would get money next 
week, 18 months ago.

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