[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ETHICAL CLOUD OVER HOUSE GROWS DARKER

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the ethical cloud hanging over the 
House of Representatives is growing darker. The arrogance of power has 
brought dishonor on the House of Representatives.
  Look at the Medicare bill. It was written by the drug and insurance 
companies in the White House and in the Oval office. The legislation 
passed here in the middle of the night. The leadership attempted to 
bribe one Republican Member from Michigan. There was the threat of 
firing a bureaucrat in the President's office who tried to be honest 
with Congress and tried to be honest with the American people.
  The result of that corruption is a 17.4 percent premium increase, the 
largest premium increase in Medicare history. Republican leaders should 
be ashamed of themselves.

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