[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY REACHED A NEW LOW

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Vice President Cheney reached a 
new low. The Vice President has a history of saying outrageous things, 
but yesterday takes the cake.
  I hope everyone realizes what the Vice President is up to. He is 
desperately trying to change the subject from the tragic milestone of 
1,000 American fatalities in Iraq.
  Today we mourn with the families who have lost their loved ones.
  He can try to change the subject, Mr. Speaker, but he cannot change 
the fact that over and over and over again this administration has made 
the wrong choices in Iraq. Here we are, no weapons of mass destruction, 
1,000 American fatalities, thousands and thousands of wounded and $200 
billion later.
  Imagine what we could have done with $200 billion. We could have 
invested that in jobs, in health care, in education and veterans 
programs, and in ensuring that our military is the best-equipped, best-
trained and best-housed in the world. Those should be our priorities, 
Mr. Speaker, and it is sad that after 4 years in office, Dick Cheney 
still does not get it.

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