[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    BENEFITS FOR THE TOP ONE PERCENT

  (Mr. RYAN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the tax cut that went to the top 1 
percent, we withstood that. The trade deals that send our jobs to 
Mexico, the loss of manufacturing jobs, we have talked about that. The 
vetoing or threatening of vetoing the Buy American legislation for the 
defense appropriations bill, we have thought that took the cake, but 
now the administration took out the antiprofiteering provision for the 
$87 billion supplemental. Give me a break.
  It is obvious now to the American people that this administration and 
this Congress is bought and paid for by the top 1 percent of the people 
in this country. They get all the money they want for the deals in 
Iraq. They get their tax breaks back. They donate it to the President 
and they get the legislation they want.
  It is time for the American people to stand up and pay attention to 
what is going on and take the country back.

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