[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 72 (Thursday, May 20, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CHANGE AND A NEW DIRECTION NEEDED FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.).
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, last night the House passed a $2.3 trillion 
budget, leaving a $500 billion hole and deficit, and showing that it is 
impossible to finance three wars with three tax cuts and get a 
different result.
  In the 2000 election, President Bush said he was against nation-
building. Who knew it was America he was talking about?
  Let us look at the results of their economic program. An additional 
2.5 million Americans are now unemployed since he has taken office; 44 
million Americans without health care; 2 million more middle-class 
families have entered the rolls of poverty from the middle-class; we 
have the worst and most anemic wage growth since World War II at this 
time; and nearly $1 trillion worth of corporate individual assets have 
been foreclosed on.
  We have spent nearly $112 billion in Iraq at this point, and we will 
vote today on another $25 billion. With this budget, the administration 
is telling the American people they have two values, two principles, 
two sets of books; one for Iraq and one for the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, we need a change, a new direction, to balance our values 
and our budget priorities for America's future and our children.

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