[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      AMERICA NEEDS STIMULUS BILL

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, how low will the Democratic Party go? I read 
in USA Today that the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the 
chairman of the DCCC, was planning on running ads blaming President 
Bush for the recession, calling it his recession. Well, for those 
Americans who are out of work and unemployed, it is a personal 
recession; and I take great umbrage at the gentlewoman for running ads 
at a time when we are in a national crisis fighting an evil enemy in 
Afghanistan and would make this a political opportunity to attack our 
Commander in Chief. It is regrettable, it is shameful, and it is out of 
bounds.
  Mr. Speaker, Members should cease these kind of play games and start 
working. On the other side of this building, the Senate dawdles, fails 
to address a stimulus bill because the majority leader wants to run for 
President of the United States. If he was President now, we would have 
real problems because he cannot make a basic decision. I urge my 
colleagues to insist that the Senate pass a stimulus bill so we can 
repair the economy and move forward, and say to the Democrats and the 
DCCC, take your ads and shove them.

                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded not to criticize the 
Senate in their remarks.

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