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Vice President Cheney Reached a New Low

Date: Sept. 8, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense


VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY REACHED A NEW LOW -- (House of Representatives - September 08, 2004)

(Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Vice President Cheney reached a new low. The Vice President has a history of saying outrageous things, but yesterday takes the cake.

I hope everyone realizes what the Vice President is up to. He is desperately trying to change the subject from the tragic milestone of 1,000 American fatalities in Iraq.

Today we mourn with the families who have lost their loved ones.

He can try to change the subject, Mr. Speaker, but he cannot change the fact that over and over and over again this administration has made the wrong choices in Iraq. Here we are, no weapons of mass destruction, 1,000 American fatalities, thousands and thousands of wounded and $200 billion later.

Imagine what we could have done with $200 billion. We could have invested that in jobs, in health care, in education and veterans programs, and in ensuring that our military is the best-equipped, best-trained and best-housed in the world. Those should be our priorities, Mr. Speaker, and it is sad that after 4 years in office, DICK CHENEY still does not get it.

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