Patricia Schroeder: “You are setting me up. We would have to get a very large ladder and a scrapper and we would have to scrape him off the…”

“You are setting me up. We would have to get a very large ladder and a scrapper and we would have to scrape him off the ceiling. He would be so angry that we would even think about cutting defense. In fact, they are yelling that defense is not high enough, even though defense is more than almost every other Nation on the planet is spending on defense added together, but that is still not enough. And, therefore, they are willing to go after these vulnerable populations. I must say in my district I have not found anybody who agrees with these cuts. I have not found anyone who thinks these cuts are a great idea in order to give some fat cats who can pay $50,000 a plate for dinner, to give them a break. They do not feel that you take it from the most vulnerable and give it to the guys who have done the best. That is not America. What I am hoping is that people who do agree with these cuts would not only write me but send me their picture. And I would hope that you would ask the same thing. I would like to have a board back here. I want to see what these people look like. They do not look like any Americans that I know. And, really, there is a lot of flimflammery and a lot of smoke being blown around here. But the bottom line is, as the gentleman from California is saying, when you blow away the smoke, the children are going to be hurt.”