[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 132 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H8854-H8855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CALLING FOR A NEW DIRECTION

  (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, I know we are pretty busy, so to catch 
everybody up here, a few of today's headlines:
  ``E-mail Show FEMA's Disarray.'' Documents offer a glimpse of 
communication breakdowns in the Federal response to Katrina.
  ``Inflation Soars Largest Amount in 15 years.''
  ``General Motors Health Care Benefit Cut Part Of A Trend.''
  ``Greenspan says surge in energy prices will act as a drag on 
economy.''
  ``States Protest Contributions to the Medicare Drug Plan.'' The Bush 
administration is requiring States to pay billion of dollars to fund 
the new prescription drug benefit.
  ``Vice President Cheney's Office Is A Focus in Leak Case. Sources 
Cite Role of Feud With the CIA.''
  ``As of Monday morning, 1,957 U.S. servicemen had died in the war on 
Iraq.''

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  Mr. Speaker, these stories serve as a wakeup call for change, or we 
can continue the same policies that have led us to this direction and 
this place. America can do better. We need new priorities. In the 
spirit of Edward R. Murrow, ``Good day, and good luck.''

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