[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: November 29, 1994]
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                        MESSAGE OF 1994 ELECTION

  (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, as I offer my thoughts on the work of this 
Congress and the challenges of the next one, I speak with both a firm 
conviction and a measure of humility. I have just won my election by a 
landslide, 812 votes out of 190,000 cast. I won as a Democrat in a 
district that also elected many Republicans.
  The message I have heard, the message I bring back with me, is that 
people want bipartisanship, they want Members of Congress who will 
represent them, who are prepared to solve problems and ready to shed 
outdated party ideologies.
  So all of us who are back are not just honored, we are being 
challenged to reach across the aisle, to see beyond politics as usual, 
to work together. Some of those who are leaving are among the best of 
our colleagues. For them, and for those who elected us, we who are 
returning have an obligation to do better. Not as Republicans or 
Democrats preparing for the next election but as citizen legislators 
acting for the common good. That, in my view, is the message and the 
meaning of 1994.

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