[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18454]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 URGING THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK CANDIDLY

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in Denver the President said, 
``When the American President speaks, he must mean what he says.''
  That is interesting coming from an administration that told us the 
Medicare bill would actually cost $395 billion, all the while knowing 
it would cost $540 billion.
  From an administration that said it would take less than 100,000 
troops to secure the peace in Iraq and then fired General Shinseki, who 
told us the true number.
  From an administration that promised to leave no child behind but 
purposely left them $10 billion short.
  From an administration that said Iraq had reconstituted their nuclear 
capability, even though its own intelligence report said the opposite.
  From an administration that said a memo detailing al Qaeda's plans to 
attack the United States was historical and not a warning.
  From an administration that says it will cut the deficit in half 
while proposing $3 trillion in additional new spending.
  From an administration that said their economic policies would create 
5.5 million jobs. We are only 2.6 million short.
  From an administration that promised a tax cut for everyone but 
failed to include a provision increasing the child tax credit for 6.5 
million working families and military families.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a funny way to promise to restore truth and 
honesty to the White House.

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