[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RUBBER-STAMPING REPUBLICANS

  (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, we used to do the people's business in 
the people's House when the Democrats were in charge.
  Now the majority party rubber-stamps every bad policy that the 
administration serves up. House Republican leaders go even further with 
a little help from their friends. Indentured servitude to financial 
institutions is called bankruptcy reform. Rubber stamp.
  Increasing drug company profits is sold as a medical benefit. Rubber 
stamp.
  Increasing tax holidays for the super-rich, with poverty increasing 
among children in this country. Rubber stamp.
  We used to have real debate in the people's House when the Democrats 
were in charge, but now the Republicans schedule 2-minute votes because 
the outcome is preordained. Rubber stamp.
  When I brought this stamp out here, people laughed. Now nobody laughs 
because it is the order of the day.

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