[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             UNMASK THE GOP

  (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, as we near Halloween weekend, it is clear 
that the GOP has put on its mask and is ready for a masquerade ball 
where they can pretend to be who they are not. But masks come off at 
the end of the ball and will reveal that the true face of the GOP is 
one of hypocrisy.
  Fortunately, unlike the GOP, the Democratic face is that of the 
American people. The Democratic face wants a budget that protects 
Social Security and pays our national debt, a prescription drug policy 
that provides prescription drugs for those who cannot afford them, 
100,000 new teachers, 50,000 more police to combat crime.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrats understand as lawmakers, we are a 
reflection of the American people and should not attempt to alter that 
mirror image. And so I urge the GOP to leave their mask at home and try 
to wear the face of the American people.

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