[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 156 (Wednesday, December 7, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H11115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REPUBLICAN BILLS DO NOT HELP AVERAGE AMERICANS

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I listened to my Republican colleague who 
just spoke, and he talked about how the first job of this Congress is 
to protect the jobs of the American people. I do not see that happening 
here.
  We are back now for a 2-week period here in the House and what do I 
hear is on the agenda? First of all, tomorrow is the Tax Reconciliation 
Act. This is the tax cut, if you will, for special interests, for 
wealthy people paid for with the budget cuts that we adopted, the 
Republican leadership adopted 2 weeks ago, cuts in student loans, cuts 
in Medicaid, cuts in housing, cuts in programs that help the average 
American. And they are doing that in order to pay for a tax cut they 
are going to vote on this week by the Republican leadership that would 
essentially help only the very wealthy and the special interests, the 
corporations.
  What else is on the agenda today? The Bahrain Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act, another free trade agreement that is going to mean 
loss of American jobs, outsourcing of American jobs to other countries.
  How many more of these are we going to have? How many more times am I 
going to come down to the floor and have the Republican leadership post 
bills that do not help the average American?

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