[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20005-20006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         KING HENRY TAKES OVER

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page 20006]]


  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, the people in Washington State are very 
troubled by the fact that King George has been deposed by King Henry.
  We picked up Newsweek magazine today, and we have a King, King Henry. 
We're supposed to give him $700 billion of our money. He doesn't want 
any review. He wants to be able to do whatever he wants with it. He 
doesn't want any congressional oversight. And worst of all, our new 
King is like the old King: he doesn't want any sacrifice.
  He says, Oh, we can't threaten the salaries of these investment 
bankers that drove us into the ditch. We can't get anybody to pay for 
this.
  This is the third time we've done it with this bunch: first the war 
that didn't get paid for, and then the tax cuts that didn't get paid 
for, and now King Henry takes over to distribute $700 billion. He's 
going to be there for 4 months. And in 4 months, he will make deals; 
and then he will go out and he will be able to catch a pass he threw to 
himself.

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