[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       COMEDY CENTRAL AND THE DAILY SHOW COME TO THE HOUSE FLOOR

  (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, ``Comedy Central'' and ``The Daily Show'' 
have come to the floor of the House. The House Republicans have thrown 
up their hands and said, save us from ourselves. They are going to come 
out here with the line item veto.
  Now, every single item that goes out of this House has been through a 
committee chaired by a Republican with a Republican majority on that 
committee. No single item has gotten out of here that they have not had 
their look at. They want to slip it into the bill and then send it to 
the President and run down there to the White House and say, Please, 
Mr. President, save us from ourselves. We can't stop ourselves. We have 
to keep spending money.
  This is the most ridiculous piece of legislation you have come up 
with in this session. There is no excuse for it whatsoever. If you 
can't stop yourselves in the committee, and you can't stop yourselves 
on the floor, why would you have to call the President?
  Do you understand the separation of powers? We are the ones who 
decide how the money gets spent, not the President. It is your 
responsibility that you have spent away the surplus into the biggest 
deficit in history. Shame on you.

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