[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         RUBBER STAMP CONGRESS

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I am here to make a public service 
announcement. The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott) laid out the 
problems of the bill that has been floating around in the Congress, but 
I want him to be assured that the rubber stamp Congress is coming in on 
Thursday.
  Now, it says here, I approve of everything that George Bush does, and 
that is what this rubber stamp is we are going to use in here on 
Thursday. Last night, the Ways and Means Committee produced a tax cut 
bill. They will bring it over here, bring it up to the Rules Committee, 
roll it all together with the tax cuts and the tax giveaways and make 
the poor people pay for what the rich people get. They are going to 
bring it out here, and we are going to watch 218 Republicans march up 
and rubber stamp that baby.
  Whatever George Bush asks for, whether it makes sense or not, that is 
the responsibility of the Republican majority, and they all have to 
bring their stamp on Thursday, because if they do not bring it on 
Thursday, we are not going to get to go home for Thanksgiving to 
rejoice over how much we have been able to give to the rich. This is a 
very important week. Don't forget your rubber stamp on Thursday morning 
when you come to work.

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