[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[HOUS]
[Page 14780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   QUESTIONING REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, here are some of today's headlines:
  ``Toll Climbs in Mideast As Fighting Rages On.''
  ``Scores Killed in Bomb Attack Near Shiite Shrine.''
  ``Three U.S. Soldiers Killed on Monday.''
  ``Taliban Capture Two Afghan Towns.''
  ``Oil Futures At $75 a Barrel.''
  ``Wholesale Prices Climb 0.5 Percent in June.''
  ``Heat Wave Strains Electric Systems Nationwide.''
  The Republican Congress's response is banning gay marriage. It is an 
obvious connection.
  On this day nearly 2,000 years ago, Emperor Nero played his fiddle 
while Rome burned to the ground. This Congress would make the Emperor 
proud.
  With all the challenges facing our Nation here at home and abroad, 
the Republican leadership is trying to distract the American people by 
playing the same old tunes, writing discrimination into the United 
States Constitution.
  To govern is to choose, and the Republican Congress has made its 
priorities clear.
  It is time for a new direction. It is time for a change.

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