H2884 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 12, 2004 missiles that can reach the United are dealing with terrorists on sophisti- and they do not reflect what is going States, and have this country instantly cated manned pads that can shoot on in . Because there are magnifi- incinerated. down airliners, they are dealing in nu- cent tales of sacrifice and commitment b 1930 clear technology to terrorist nations. going on in Iraq. Our friends, the Chinese. The Bush ad- For those people who wonder why the That is not the threat. The threat is ministration says, if we only embrace Secretary of Defense should not step a tanker, a freighter, a truck coming them a little tighter, they will come down, it has not been that long ago, across the border, or something being around. Yeah, right, after they get all Mr. Speaker, that we saw Rodney King smuggled in some other way. But we our money, all our jobs, and all our in those famous videos where members are doing nothing to protect against technology, they will come around? of the Los Angeles Police Department that. We are going to spend the money. I am just getting tired of these ex- were beating him. That circumstance Why? Because the defense contractors cuses: that if only they were in charge, did not reflect the policemen in L.A. are making a bundle, and then they they would do better. We have a failed any more than our current actions re- turn around and give a cut to the Re- trade policy, and what has this Presi- flect our soldiers in Iraq. To put it in publicans to help keep them in the ma- dent proposed? More of the same. perspective, we should have, if we want jority, just like the pharmaceutical in- Now, I have to admit Bill Clinton had equivalent actions, have called for the dustry I talked about earlier today. a failed trade policy, too; but he copied Governor of California to step down. So it is just kind of pathetic, people his from George Bush who copied it Secretary Rumsfeld is a tremendous standing up here saying, I’m a waste- from Ronald Reagan, and I opposed all political and military leader. If we watcher, and if my party was in of them as I oppose this. look at the advances and the accom- charge,’’ oops, they are. ‘‘If my party Let us bring jobs back home to plishments that have occurred, to sug- had the Senate,’’ oops, they do. ‘‘If my America. We need a new trade policy, gest change at this point in this war party had the White House,’’ oops, they and we need a little honesty around begins to seem irresponsible. Al Qaeda do. And you are doing nothing about it. here instead of a bunch of whatever. is completely uprooted and on the Well, do something about it. The mi- move. Thousands of al Qaeda members nority cannot stop you. f The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. are dead or in prison. The Taliban is Please, do not give us that. The gone from Afghanistan. Saddam Hus- American people are not quite stupid CHOCOLA). Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Indiana sein sits in a prison cell. We have over enough to believe that the minority in 40 of his top officials in prison cells the House, who is trampled over day in (Mr. BURTON) is recognized for 5 min- utes. awaiting trial. Libya has begun to give and day out, is stopping the Repub- up its weapons of mass destruction, its licans from taking those steps. You are (Mr. BURTON of Indiana addressed the House. His remarks will appear nuclear weapons. Pakistan worked not even trying, because a lot of your with us on the Afghanistan border buddies are making money on that hereafter in the Extensions of Re- marks.) fighting terror. Worldwide, we are see- stuff. ing terrorists captured and imprisoned NEW RECORD SET BY PRESIDENT BUSH f by the network of people on the side of Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I came to REMEMBER THE MISSION IN IRAQ good and against evil. talk about something else. I do not Mr. Speaker, Secretary Rumsfeld is have much time left now, but I wanted The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a greatly responsible for the actions that to talk about a new record that has previous order of the House, the gen- are positive and that show that we are been set by the Bush administration. tleman from New Mexico (Mr. PEARCE) winning the war on terror. And to sug- Congratulations to George Bush and is recognized for 5 minutes. gest that he step down is irresponsible. his economic team; they have set yet Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, as we But we must also consider what it is another record. They told us last year, consider the implications of the debate going to take to win this war on terror. if only the dollar dropped in value, about the photographs that our news It is going to take valor, valor like well, that was all that was hurting our media has been putting on the front that of Pat Tilghman, who gave up a manufacturing. It did not have to do pages and on the TV screens, it is im- lucrative career to go serve his coun- with their totally failed trade policies portant that we begin to calm down try. It is going to take sacrifice, like a and the outsourcing of American jobs. and to take a look at what we are young helicopter pilot from my district It was just that the dollar was a little doing and to remember why we are in who died in a night crash in Afghani- too high. Iraq. stan. It is going to take courage, be- Well, the dollar dropped catastroph- Frankly, as we hear the discussions cause this is going to be a long fight, ically. It was at a record low just a about having the President impeached Mr. Speaker. And if we are going to run month ago, and guess what happened and the Secretary of Defense resign, it right now, I will guarantee you that we during that month? The U.S. ran a is important for us to remember that will not win this war on terror, and record trade deficit. So their theory 9–11 changed everything. So soon we that every American life will be af- does not seem to quite work. But we forget, Mr. Speaker. 9–11 is the day fected. And those soccer moms who be- are still outsourcing jobs at a record that innocent civilians in this country came security moms will have been rate. The dollar has come back a little. went to work in the morning expecting justified in their fears, and they will That might even make the deficit they would come home to their fami- have been let down by the leadership of worse yet again. Their theories have lies that night. 9–11 was the day that this country, many of whom are calling not panned out. this body convened for its normal busi- for the President to come back home We have a failed trade policy in the ness. 9–11 was the day soccer moms be- and to leave that fight. of America. We are los- came security moms, worried about the Mr. Speaker, we owe it to the people ing our manufacturing base, our tech- safety of their children in the streets. of this country and to the free people nology base. China is stealing our tech- And President Bush said that he would in the entire world to stand our ground nology, stealing it from small compa- fight terror; that if you harbored a ter- and to fight and to have the resolute nies in my district; and the Bush ad- rorist, you were a terrorist; if you intent to see that this war on terror is ministration will not file a single com- funded a terrorist, you were a terrorist; won. Mr. Speaker, I cast my lot on the plaint. Not one. They say, let us get if you allowed them to pass through side of those people who will fight this China into the WTO, then they will your country, you were a terrorist. war, who will see that liberty triumphs have to follow the rules. Okay, well let And, Mr. Speaker, he has been solid over tyranny and over terrorism. us enforce the rules. Oh, no, we cannot and resolute about that commitment. enforce the rules. No matter how despicable the acts of f We are not going to file complaints our soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison, they The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a against China. It might upset our remain the actions of just a few. They previous order of the House, the gen- friends, the Chinese. Our friends the do not reflect the majority opinion. tleman from California (Mr. GEORGE Chinese are dealing in weapons, they They do not reflect American values, MILLER) is recognized for 5 minutes.

VerDate May 04 2004 02:46 May 13, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K12MY7.135 H12PT1 May 12, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2885 (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California executive suites and board rooms, but struction and helping to lend a hand to addressed the House. His remarks will the other economy has created the the people in that country. appear hereafter in the Extensions of largest income disparities in this Na- But a gruesome video, posted on a Remarks.) tion. radical fundamentalist site, shows this f David Rosenberg, chief economist at young man, Nick Berg, bound in an or- Merrill Lynch, one of the leading in- ange jumpsuit with five hooded al A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES vestment banking firms on Wall Qaeda operatives standing behind him. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Street, said, and I quote, ‘‘The income One of those operatives read a prepared previous order of the House, the gen- from the recovery has been locked up statement, pulled a large knife from tleman from Illinois (Mr. EMANUEL) is in the corporate sector. We have had a his pocket, proceeded to push his head recognized for 5 minutes. redistribution of income to the cor- to the ground, and then with five Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, the porate sector.’’ strokes of the knife, decapitated Nick past 3 years show a tale of two econo- This redistribution has been acceler- Berg and then held the head up to the mies and an unprecedented redistribu- ated by the President’s economic and camera. tion of wealth in this country resulting tax policies. A study cited by The New I tell you, Mr. Speaker, my thoughts in one economy for middle-class fami- York Times this week found that and my prayers go to Nick Berg’s fam- lies and one for the special interests. Americans are being taxed more than ily and friends. While there is a profits boom for cor- twice as heavily on earnings from work b 1945 porations and a compensation boom for as they are on investment income, even the CEOs, there is a growing wage and though more than half of all invest- I honestly cannot imagine what the benefits recession for the middle class. ment goes to the wealthiest 5 percent family is going through right now and To those who say redistribution of of taxpayers. how they must feel, but this act by al wealth is wrong, I agree. I say redis- While this administration has been Qaeda is a reminder of the evil we face tributing the wealth to the wealthy is cutting taxes, the rest of working in this world, and it should reinforce wrong and bad economics. America have been literally going from this country’s determination to win The tale of two economies is a con- paycheck to paycheck and having a tax this war against terror. trast fueled by executive compensation increase. As paychecks have often been Yet another concern in the tragic that too often bears no relation to per- effectively frozen for many, what has death of Nick Berg is the lack of any formance and regressive tax policies happened to their lives? Health care forceful response and condemnation that punish work and reward wealth, costs have gone up from $6,500 for a from the European nations or the Arab creating an upside-down economy that family of four in 2001 to $9,000 today. community over this incident. has shifted the tax burden from wealth College tuition costs have gone up 10 The worldwide broadcast of the to work, burdening middle-class fami- percent in 2001, 10 percent in 2002, and photos of Iraqi prisoners has brought lies already facing skyrocketing health 14 percent in 2003. $180 billion worth of forth outrage by Americans and Iraqis care costs, skyrocketing and rising tui- retirement securities locked in 401(k)s alike, but not surprisingly, the anti- tion costs, job uncertainty, and retire- have lost their net value. Americans who are already on the ment insecurity. We have literally put a squeeze on radio exploiting that incident as an op- While this administration creates tax the middle-class family, and what we portunity to condemn America and loopholes for corporate jet use and has have today is the end of the middle Americans, further promoting this dou- reduced the audits of millionaires, it is class as we know it. ble standard of which I speak. Yes, a auditing hundreds of thousands of peo- As President Bush seeks reelection, small number of American soldiers ple and families earning $30,000 or less. he can say he kept his commitment to committed crimes against Iraqi pris- This is the essence of class warfare. the top 1 percent of America. The other oners. Those soldiers should be and will And as the famed investment adviser, 99 percent has not made out quite so be tried and punished accordingly. Mr. Buffet, once said, ‘‘There is class well. This administration has two However, while explaining our anger warfare and my class is winning.’’ books, two sets of values, two sets of over these crimes and our will to pun- A report this week, recently out and priorities, and a single economic strat- ish these people rightfully when found reported by Bloomberg in the Chicago egy that divides the country along appropriately guilty, calling for the Tribune showed U.S. corporate profits class. Compared to how Americans resignation of a Secretary or even ap- have increased by 87 percent between view their futures, we cannot deny the pearing over-apologetic for actions at the third quarter of 2001 and the end of middle-class families the same dreams the prison, I think it is a mistake and 2003. Compensation for the average of affordable health care, quality edu- plays into the hands of the double CEO got a big raise of 8.7 percent while cation, a safe place to live that the standard. salaried employees have seen an ane- most fortunate in this country have The anti-American left, in this coun- mic increase of 1.5 percent. That is the today. try and elsewhere, forever remembers lowest salary and wage growth since A government that pays no heed to every single American misdeed while World War II in the beginning of an the yawning gap between rich and the forgetting every anti-American and ‘‘economic boom.’’ middle class does it at its own peril. every anti-human atrocity that the Bill McDonough, the former chair- As Louis Brandeis, a famous Supreme terrorists have taken against those man of the New York Fed, and now Court Justice, once said, ‘‘We can ei- who oppose any one of their causes. chairman of the Public Accounting ther have democracy in this country or Mr. Speaker, what of the media out- Oversight Board, describes the gap be- we can have great wealth concentrated lets? They detail the outrage of Iraqis tween CEO and worker pay as ‘‘im- in the hands of a few, but we cannot based on the images of a few soldiers’ moral.’’ That is his quote. And the New have both.’’ crimes against prisoners. They are the York Fed is not a bastion of liberalism. f same media outlets that showed no re- He notes that in 1980, CEO pay was 40 morse, no outrage whatsoever a few times higher than the average salaried DOUBLE STANDARD years ago, for the thousands of lives employee and now is 500 times higher. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a that Saddam Hussein killed using his He sums it up, and I quote, ‘‘I know a previous order of the House, the gen- mass graves, nor when the Iraqi crowds lot of CEOs from 1980, and I can assure tleman from New Jersey (Mr. GARRETT) in burned and mutilated four you the CEOs of 2000 are not 10 times is recognized for 5 minutes. American contractors and then hung better.’’ Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. their corpses from a bridge, there was The performance of Ken Lay from Speaker, I rise now to speak on a dou- no outrage or remorse. Enron, Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco, and ble standard. Yesterday, the world A while back in an article, Eason Bernie Ebbers of WorldCom bear his learned of a young brave man from from CNN, he admitted that his statement out. At every turn the ad- named Nick Berg. Nick network had deliberately covered up ministration tells us the economy is Berg was a 26-year-old man who was in and ignored Saddam Hussein’s atroc- coming along. That may be true in the Iraq looking for work with the recon- ities and they did that just so they

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