[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               BAD MEMORY

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, last night Vice President Cheney was let 
out of his bunker for the night, and it seems all that time in an 
undisclosed location has confused him a bit about the facts. Last night 
he said he had never publicly stated that there was a connection 
between al Qaeda and Iraq. Does he forget his interview with Tim 
Russert last year in which he said just that? Does he also forget now 
it is a common statement in his political stump speeches where he tries 
to invoke fear in Americans?
  I think he has determined his record with Bush is so bad that the 
only thing he can do is strike fear in the American people.
  Vice President Cheney also said last night that he had never met 
Senator Edwards before. That is simply not true. Just turn on any news 
outlet today and you will see the proof, pictures of Cheney and Edwards 
standing side by side at a prayer breakfast last year. I suspect as the 
day goes on we will see more and more of these pictures.
  Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney and President Bush cannot lead 
this country if they continue to mislead the American people.

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