[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14741]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE BUSH-CHENEY ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, some people like to make experience the 
issue for the Vice President of the United States of America.
  Let me ask how much experience does it take to wave the banner 
``Mission Accomplished'' and watch another 700 Americans lose their 
lives and not change their policy? How much experience does it take to 
watch 44 million Americans without health insurance and have no policy 
for universal care? How much experience does it take to watch college 
costs rise by 26 percent and not pass or have any legislation to 
alleviate the financial pain for middle-class families when it comes to 
afford college education for their children? How much experience does 
it take to watch $200 billion worth of retirement savings evaporate and 
not have a plan for retirement security? How much experience does it 
take to see household bankruptcies rise by over a third in this country 
and not have a plan to deal with household bankruptcy? How much 
experience does it take to watch health care costs rise by a third and 
not have a plan to deal with the uncontrollable health care inflation 
in this country?
  I am not sure we can take this much experience from the Bush-Cheney 
administration for another 4 years.

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