[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             LOAD THE WAGON

  (Mr. BERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, as I listen to the retorts from the other 
side, I think they must have adopted that great Republican philosophy 
that has kind of come back here recently, ``Do not worry about the mule 
going blind, just load the wagon.'' And that sure is what we are doing 
right now: loading the wagon for our children and grandchildren.
  I hear them talking about drug cards. You just call that 800 number 
and see what happens. Nothing. It is just like the drug card. You get 
nothing. It is another way to trick people.
  We are going to be asked this week to raise the debt ceiling again, 
by $700 billion, and to put our children again deeper and deeper and 
deeper in debt. It is insane to continue to do this to the next 
generations. If we are doing so frazzling good, then how come we are 
broke? I just do not understand that.
  I hear them get up here every day and talk about how good things are. 
It is time to do the right thing.

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