[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14283]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     SENATORS KERRY AND EDWARDS ARE OUT OF STEP WITH MOST AMERICANS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, so Senator Kerry has picked Senator 
Edwards as his running mate. That means the Senator with the most 
liberal voting record has picked the person with the fourth most-
liberal voting record. That does not sound like mainstream to me, and 
certainly their views do not represent the majority of the American 
people.
  Both Senators Kerry and Edwards voted against the ban on partial 
birth abortion. Both have opposed all of the recent tax relief 
legislation.
  Both Senators voted against sending our troops in Iraq and providing 
them with body armor, and both favor amnesty for illegal immigrants.
  Mr. Speaker, Senators Kerry and Edwards are out of tune, out of line, 
out of touch, and out of step with most Americans.

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