[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25704]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEMOCRATS ARE LIKE SIRENS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to set the record straight on 
some of the false accusations in the debate over the majority's plan to 
help reform government and yield savings for American taxpayers.
  Unfortunately, some Members on the other side of the aisle have 
decided to attack Republicans with false statements which may sound 
true, but which actually ring false in their reality.
  In fact, the Republican plan will help save and strengthen Medicaid 
by reducing waste, fraud and abuse, strengthen and simplify the student 
loan process, reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil, restrict 
illegal immigrant access to food stamps and Medicaid, and reduce the 
deficit by $50 billion.
  The Democrats remind me of the sirens in Greek mythology. Sirens 
would sing beautiful songs to sailors who were unable to resist the 
beautiful music and would try to swim or steer their boats to the 
music. The problem, Mr. Speaker, is that the sirens actually lived on 
islands of sharp rocks that sank the sailors' boats or stranded the 
sailors for eternity.
  The Democrats, like sirens, are trying to strand the American public 
on an island of myth.

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