[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REPUBLICAN NOTE TO LOBBYISTS

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, investigators have recently uncovered a 
letter from the Republican leadership to special interest lobbyists.
  Dear Lobbyists,
  How do I love thee?
  Let me count the ways.
  I love thee to the depth of thy oil wells, for thou shall have $14.5 
billion to drill them.
  I love thee to the heights of thy drug profits,
  For the Medicare bill gives you $139 billion in profits.
  I love thee for thy golf courses, private jets and retirement jobs.
  I love thee for thy donations, libations and vacations.
  For now we must part, and I call it reform.
  But remember, in December, once we get past November,
  The travel ban expires, and I'll meet you at the tees.
  Yours forever, cause I can't quit you,
  The Republican Congress.

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