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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: You know, Mr. Meek, I can understand why you would have trouble seeing past that giant rubber stamp. That is simply…

On the recordMay 10, 2006
You know, Mr. Meek, I can understand why you would have trouble seeing past that giant rubber stamp. That is simply because this Chamber, through the Republican caucus and their Republican leadership, have been engulfed by the rubber stamp. You know, had our bobble-head Republican not turned up missing, we would be able to use that as yet another example of why you continually have these policies that are put forward by the Republican leadership, as rubber-stamped by the Republican majority, because their heads only move in one direction. I guess there is no hinge in this direction, only, yes, absolutely, we are glad to do whatever you say, anything you want, Mr. Speaker. I mean, it is just unbelievable. Fourteen months here and, ``No, sorry, my conscience won't allow me to do that'' is just not part of their vocabulary. And like I said, the joints just don't seem to work in this direction as they do for the Democrats. Now, you know, what makes matters worse about all of the things that we have been talking about, about the debt and the deficit and the bobble-head, rubber-stamp Republican majority that we have here, is that there are consequences. This stuff matters. It matters in real people's lives. And what the Republican leadership would have you believe, especially in recent days, their new thing now is that the economy is doing great.…
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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