[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      KERRY'S NEW SLOGAN--ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN 4 YEARS AGO?

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, here they go again. Candidate Kerry and 
the Democrats are trying to take a page out of President Reagan's 
handbook. Unfortunately, for the taxpayers, it is not a page dealing 
with tax relief. Kerry's consultants are telling Democrats to ask this 
question: Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?
  Four years ago under a different administration, this Nation slept 
while al Qaeda plotted. We were deceived by a hollow technology bubble. 
Our seniors had no assistance with prescription drugs. And 4 years ago, 
Americans paid a marriage tax, a death tax, an estate tax, and across 
the board Americans paid higher income taxes.
  President Bush has led us through some of the most challenging times 
in our Nation's history. Our economy is growing hundreds of thousands 
of jobs each month. More Americans are working than ever. More 
Americans own a home than ever. Our Armed Forces have terrorists on the 
run.
  In Candidate Kerry's world, we would treat terrorism as a law 
enforcement issue. Mr. Speaker, I think those advisers need to go back 
to the drawing board.

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