[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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    APPARENT GRIDLOCK OFTEN REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, as we come on what I hope, and I think most 
of my colleagues hope, will be the last day of this part of our session 
before we go home for the election, I could not help but reflect a 
moment on what so often is written in the paper as gridlock.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope that the American people will look at that and 
not just accept that this Congress is controlled by gridlock. One 
person's gridlock is another person's checks and balances. I believe 
very firmly that when a bill does not make it through this process, 
more often than not, it is a piece of legislation that the American 
people do not want, Not something that this body cannot pass, because 
we do reflect, to a great degree, what the American people want.
  If we want to get rid of gridlock, then we need to come to the middle 
on issues and address legislation in a way that is acceptable to the 
American people.

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