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Rep. Corrine Brown: I have one question. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) talked about his mother's soup. Now I need him to know that…

On the recordDecember 5, 2001
I have one question. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) talked about his mother's soup. Now I need him to know that my grandmother used to do a sweet potato pie, and I mean her pie was the best pie, and those ingredients that she put in the pie represent the ingredients that we have here in this Congress, the economic stimulus, and the key is that everybody always wants a slice of my grandma's pie, and that is what our constituents want. They want a part of that soup and a part of the pie. As I heard one of the colleagues on the floor say, we know that this is tilted one way. Tilted was not the word. The word was there was nothing left over. There was no pie nor soup for the majority of the American people. The economic stimulus package that passed this House was clearly for the country club set.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

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Discussing the economic stimulus package and its impact on American constituents.

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