Steve Kagen: “Thank you for yielding. One of the nice things about being in the majority is we have an opportunity now to have…”

“Thank you for yielding. One of the nice things about being in the majority is we have an opportunity now to have oversight, to ask questions seeking the truth about where our hard-earned tax dollars are being spent. I have always believed and I believe everyone in Wisconsin believes that your family values are reflected in how and where you spend your money. The values of this administration, of this President, will be reflected in how and where he is attempting to direct us to spend our hard-earned dollars. We have heard from you, Congressman Hodes, the voice of the administrator from the new Iraq, the freely elected government of Iraq. I would like to share with you now some of the words of people from my district who have concerns about money and their health and where we are going. Albert from Crivitz writes, ``Without a job that pays a fair wage, I won't have money to pay for health care, gas, a war, Social Security or anything else.'' Albert in Crivitz understands. He has to balance his checkbook every month and he can't spend money that he doesn't have. Lloyd in Wisconsin, who I spoke with this evening before coming down to the floor, he is from Kaukauna, said, ``Do something to help your senior citizens for health care and drug programs. Thank you.''”