[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14169-14170]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         COMMENTS OF KARL ROVE

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in light of Karl Rove's savage attack on the 
patriotism of liberals in this country, I have a couple of questions. 
Two days after 
9/11, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and I, on a bipartisan 
basis, pushed a $20 billion package through this House in response to 
the attack. We had to sit in the Speaker's office and defend the 
President's request against people like Phil Graham and Don Nichols of 
the President's own party. Are those the liberals that Karl Rove was 
talking about?
  One month after 9/11, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and I 
went to the White House and urged the President to support a greatly 
increased homeland security budget. The President, without even looking 
at what we were proposing, said, ``If you add one dime to our budget 
for homeland security, I will veto the bill.'' Mr. Rove was

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sitting over his shoulder when President Bush made that remark. Is 
President Bush one of those out-of-line liberals that Mr. Rove is 
talking about?
  I come from the State of Wisconsin. I know a third-rate Joe McCarthy 
when I see one, and I saw one in Mr. Rove's comments yesterday.

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