[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 25447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, how much is enough? Three and a half weeks 
ago we were supposed to have been adjourned, but we are here because of 
the politics down at the White House, the politics of putting 
partisanship ahead of people.
  Mr. Speaker, I wonder how many of our colleagues ever saw the movie 
``The Jerk.'' It is a rags to riches to rags story wherein the main 
character is evicted, and he is kind of hanging on to the last bits of 
furniture and items in his home as he is walking out the door, as he 
says, I don't need anything else. I have everything I need except for 
this lamp.
  We are seeing that go on over at the White House today: We do not 
need anything else except for amnesty for illegal aliens. We do not 
need anything else, I got everything I need except needles for heroin 
addict. I do not need anything else except for more Government 
employees, and that is all I need, except for this, I need more 
Government construction. That is what we are seeing going on at the 
White House, The Jerk. It is a great movie. Everyone ought to see. How 
much is enough, Mr. Speaker?

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