[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18606]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             EYES WIDE SHUT

  (Mr. CUMMINGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, when I think of the manner in which the 
GOP tax cut legislation was drafted, the title of the movie ``Eyes Wide 
Shut'' comes to mind.
  Still, this is no sultry suspense film. In this horror, we will only 
find a terrible plot that sacrifices Medicare and Social Security and 
steals $112 billion away from school construction.
  The stars of this movie, the House Republicans, act with a level of 
irresponsibility that automatically comes from doing anything with your 
eyes shut. With such blocked vision, it is hard to believe that they 
have a clear view of the problems or their solutions.
  Beyond all the hype, the GOP tax cut is hardly a masterpiece. It is 
poorly directed, horribly produced, and the Republican actors 
demonstrate a sophomoric concern for people of our country.
  I can only hope that their vision will go from wide shut to wide open 
and that we will ultimately be able to fulfill our duty of fiscal 
responsibility and public service to the American people.

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