[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     TRICK OR TREATING IN CONGRESS

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, Halloween was last week, but trick or 
treating may be a part of the House of Representatives this week if the 
Democrats have their way on the veterans funding bill.
  It was over 140 days ago that this Congress passed a veterans funding 
bill. It was a good bill. So why hasn't this bill made its way to the 
President's desk? The President has said he will sign this bill. Our 
veterans need this funding. They deserve this funding that the bill 
would provide.
  Instead, the Democrats are preempting Thanksgiving holiday by serving 
up a turkey of a funding bill, a turkey that is filled with pork-based 
stuffing.
  The business of national defense and the business of taking care of 
the very real needs of our veterans is just too important just to 
satisfy the urge to spend extra money that we just don't have in order 
to fund pet projects.
  I want to say thank you to America's veterans, to those veterans who 
go to our veterans health care center in St. Cloud, Minnesota. I want 
to thank you for what you have done, for your sacrifice for this 
country.
  Let's pass this bill.

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