[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12750]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    DOLLAR LITE UNDER PRESIDENT BUSH

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, the people in Wisconsin elected me and sent 
me here to Washington to listen to them. And what are the people in 
Wisconsin asking me to do? They said Kagen, there are two things you 
can do to help me and stimulate my economy and put more money in my 
pocket: cut the price of gasoline and reduce our health care costs.
  As Megan and Eric from Appleton wrote to me, ``We are young people 
with four kids. Our insurance is out of control. Our family earns 
$38,000 a year. We pay $520 a month to have health insurance. Gas 
prices limit our lives. We can't afford it; food for our kids or gas in 
the tank.''
  My friends, there are two reasons we are in this mess: Bush and 
Cheney. Bush and Cheney, these are the two reasons. And what have they 
done, they have taken our United States dollar and taken down its 
value. You might be drinking Miller Lite, but you've got dollar lite in 
your pocket, and that's why the price of everything, from gasoline to 
health care, to food, shelter and clothing is going up. Your United 
States dollar isn't worth what it was when George Bush took office.

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