[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 44 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE ``GEORGE W. BUSH BUREAU OF PUBLIC DEBT''

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I am getting increasingly worried because we 
have named many a building after Ronald Reagan, but we have not yet 
named anything significant after our existing President, George W. 
Bush.
  In light of the fact that the estate tax bill that passed yesterday 
will add $290 billion to the national debt, in light of the fact that 
the President has presented us with a budget deficit of $400 billion 
this year, not counting what happened yesterday, in light of the fact 
that he is trying to blow up Social Security by borrowing an extra $1.4 
billion to finance those privatization accounts of his, I hope that 
Members of the House will join me next week in renaming the U.S. Bureau 
of Public Debt the ``George W. Bush Bureau of Public Debt.''
  I think we ought to honor the President. He has truly earned this 
award.

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