[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE REPUBLICANS HAVE LOST THEIR WAY

  (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, what were they 
thinking? The Republicans that control this House look at our economy 
and the job losses, the declining wages and rising cost of health care, 
and you know what they think the problem is? That the people are 
earning too much overtime pay. So they decided to cut it for 6 million 
American families.
  They look at jobs going overseas, and do you know what they think the 
problem is? They do not think there are enough jobs going overseas, so 
they continue to vote for tax credits to help companies send jobs 
overseas rather than create them at home.
  And they look at crime in America, and do you know what they think 
the problem is? That there are not enough guns and assault weapons on 
our streets, so they let the assault weapons ban expire and want to end 
the gun ban in the District of Columbia.
  They look at the cost of pharmaceuticals, and they decide that they 
are not as expensive as the senior citizens in this country find them. 
So they decide they are not going to let them go to Canada. They are 
not going to let them reimport drugs from overseas to cut the cost of 
drugs. Rather, they are going to prosecute them and the governments, 
cities and counties that are trying to help those individuals have 
affordable drugs.
  They have lost their way.

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