The gentleman recalls; does he not, the truth of my assertion that previously four Republican Presidents--the truth of my assertion about the fact our committee has appropriated funds to reestablish the homes of Presidents Taft, McKinley, Garfield, and Harding? Those are memorials to those Presidents. We had recognized them as memorials to those Presidents. This is the memorial to Woodrow Wilson. This memorial should not be cut----
Discussing funding for presidential memorials during a House floor debate.
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