[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 58 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, today we have a very stark example of 
what is dysfunctional about the Republican's running of this House. We 
have done nothing about the livable wage that we all believe in. We 
have done nothing about providing health insurance for the people in 
this country. Forty-five million have nothing. We have done nothing 
about the housing prices and problems in this country. We have done 
nothing about cleaning up the environment. In fact, we continue to be 
addicted to oil and all we do is pass a bill that gives more money to 
oil and to coal.
  Now, we are not dealing with the problems of the American people. 
Instead today what we are doing is continuing to pursue the Bush war of 
folly in Iraq. He has spent $200 billion of our money so far. He says, 
``Please give me another 80. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, 
but I'm going to keep spending it over there.''

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  The electricity is not up in Iraq. The sewer system is not in up in 
Iraq. The telephone system is not up in Iraq. He cannot fix it there or 
here.
  This is a bad bill, and it ought to be voted against.

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