[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           IF YOU WANT CHANGE, YOU WANT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, it's a bit confusing sometimes to listen to 
the rhetoric. The Republicans have had the Presidency now for nearly 8 
years, and they have had the majority in this House since 1994, I 
think. And if you watched the Republican convention, you would think 
they were the Democrats talking about change and the problems we have 
in Washington. They're so against Washington, it's the Washington they 
have created and cultivated. And the corruption that we've seen here 
has mostly been on that particular side of the aisle. The failure of 
our having a children's health plan, which this country should have as 
a cornerstone of its policy, was the fault of the Republican side that 
was more interested in tobacco interests than children's interests. And 
too many times we see the corporate interests of the oil corporations 
take over the interests of the American society and getting us to be 
truly energy independent.
  I submit to you, Mr. Speaker, that the parties have differences, but 
if you want change, you want the Democratic Party. Barack Obama was a 
community organizer like Jesus, whom our minister prayed about. Pontius 
Pilate was a Governor.

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