[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H3147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HOUSE GOP CANNOT GOVERN

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, during a 48-hour period last week, the House 
Republican majority once again demonstrated why they cannot govern. 
After weeks of arm twisting and two failed attempts to bring up a 
budget, the Republican leadership finally forced a vote late last 
Wednesday. Democrats stood united against the budget. Republicans were 
forcing major cuts in education, veterans, health and environmental 
programs. Also, they would continue to shower millionaires with tax 
breaks.
  Nevertheless, the Republican budget passed. Two days later, they saw 
the implications of that vote when a small group of House Republicans 
stripped $50 million out of the military construction and veterans 
appropriations bill because the funding did not fit into the budget 
that they passed 2 days before.
  House Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves. They are the 
ones who continue to put the needs of the wealthiest few above the 
needs of our veterans, our military personnel, our children and our 
environment.
  The sad fact is that what America witnessed last Friday afternoon 
will be repeated over and over again here on the House floor until 
Republicans finally realize that their fiscal policies are out of sync 
with this Nation.

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