[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           GOP ABUSE OF POWER

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it seems only yesterday when the 
Republicans rode into town promising reform, but those days are long 
gone. Instead of reform, the new Republican majority has curried favor 
with the special interests, gagged debate, and yesterday denied Members 
of this body the right to vote.
  Why did Republicans close a vote while two Democratic Members were 
waiting to cast their ballots? Because they had a fundraiser to go to. 
Yes, the buses were idling outside waiting to squire them to the 
``Salute to Newt'' fundraiser, featuring GOP poster boy Rupert Murdoch. 
The article in the Post today says ``the GOP went to great lengths.'' 
Indeed, they went to great lengths to make sure that their Members got 
to the Big Apple on time.
  Last November, the American people were promised that Government 
would be returned to them. But yesterday hundreds of thousands of 
American people were shut out of the people's House when their 
Representatives were denied the right to vote on their behalf. What we 
are seeing in this body is an arrogance of power, one of the most 
egregious abuses of power in our Nation's history.


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