[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 50 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E749]
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            DEMS PLAYING POLITICS WITH MAJORITY LEADER DeLAY

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 21, 2005

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, Social Security is in major 
trouble, hundreds of thousands of Americans still I need the 
opportunity to obtain health insurance, and much more work must I be 
done to secure our ports and borders.
  Yet the Democrats must have all those important issues solved because 
they are wasting all their time playing politics and making 
unsubstantiated accusations against United States House Majority 
Leader, Tom DeLay.
  Like their stance on most important issues, facts seem to matter very 
little to most Democrats. They have done nothing to help create jobs in 
this country. Nothing to help lower the cost of health care, nothing to 
help root out waste, fraud and abuse of the people's money, and to 
date, have not presented one plan to save Social Security.
  Yet they make politically motivated, unsubstantiated accusations 
without any evidence against Majority Leader DeLay and because they 
know that an investigation would clear his name, they are now putting 
up road blocks for the Republicans on the Ethics Committee to do their 
job.
  My friends on the other side of the aisle, your constituents need 
more from you than this. Voters sent you here for a purpose; I don't 
think these childish games are what they had in mind.

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