[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NEGATIVE ADS

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, to quote Ronald Reagan, ``There they go 
again.'' Republicans have hit a new low point. The Bush campaign has 
run over 49,000 negative ads nationwide, and it is understandable. With 
the largest budget deficit in our history, a growing tax burden on our 
middle class, gas prices at a 23-year high, and no positive vision for 
our country, the GOP have no choice but to attack. They cannot talk 
about the economy because we have lost 1.8 million private-sector jobs 
under this administration. They cannot talk about health care because 
insurance costs are spiraling out of control and nearly 4 million more 
Americans have become uninsured since 2000.
  So now what do they do? They blame President Clinton for the creation 
of 21 million private-sector jobs during his administration. They blame 
John Kerry and John Edwards for wanting to fight for a stronger and 
more positive America. But never will they accept the responsibility 
for egregious policies that they have passed. They are doing everything 
possible to create a diversion and shift attention somewhere else.
  Democrats are fighting for the middle-class values of fairness and 
responsibility. Republicans are still pushing the same old negative 
attack ads.

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