[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H10047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

  (Mr. BISHOP of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Speaker, a rose by any other name smells 
just as sweet. And dung by any other name stinks just as much. A 
stinking bill that cuts spending for Medicaid, food stamps, student 
loans, foster care, child support, school lunches, and senior care by 
$54 billion and then cuts revenue taxes for folks earning $300,000 or 
more by $70 billion still leaves a stinking deficit of $16 billion. Add 
$7.1 billion for the cost of the President's flu initiative and $200 
billion for gulf coast reconstruction and that grows to $223 billion.
  This Republican reconciliation package is misnamed. It is actually a 
sham. Republicans have rejected the Blue Dog 12-point plan to cut 
deficit spending and now want to fool the American people. Madam 
Speaker, you can dress up a pig and call it a lady, but it is still a 
stinking pig. You can dress up a sham and call it deficit reduction; 
but it still says oink, oink, still stinks and is still a lie.

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