Melvin Watt: “I rise to say to my colleagues, 15 minutes, an hour and 15 minutes, 15 days would not be enough time for us to tell you…”

“I rise to say to my colleagues, 15 minutes, an hour and 15 minutes, 15 days would not be enough time for us to tell you how bad this bill is and how devastating it will be in opening disparities that already exist wider and wider and wider. When we rise into the full House, we intend to offer a copy of the Congressional Black Caucus agenda, the legislative agenda, and a listing of 48 programs that are zeroed out by this bill. I do not know how we think there is going to be any kind of movement toward a closing of the disparities that exist between rich and poor, black and white in this country if we continue to go down the road we are going. We have drained all of our resources off to war, to tax cuts, and left nothing to address the needs of our own country and our own people. Amendment Offered by Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire”