[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ARROGANT ABUSE OF POWER

  (Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have been in this body for 
22 long years and never have I seen the arrogant abuse of power that I 
saw here yesterday.
  Now the funny thing about it, I sat here for an hour and a half this 
morning. Thirty minutes of that time was spent on the vote that was 
called to vote on the record, a 30-minute vote. Check the video. Check 
the clock. Check the timekeeper. You will find that is the case.
  Now, 30 long minutes, yet you cannot allow a Member time to get here 
to vote on the floor of the House of Representatives. I say to my 
colleagues, money is important. Everybody likes money. I like money. 
The Democrats like money. Republicans like money. But not at the 
expense should anybody leave this body to go to a fundraiser, a 
fundraiser in New York when business is going on to represent the 
people in this country.
  The House of Representatives and the millions of people that we 
represent deserve better than that, deserve to have their voices heard, 
deserve to have their votes casts by those of us they send here to cast 
their ballots for them.
  Let me tell you something else, money is the root of all evil, and 
you did an evil thing yesterday when you left here and did not do the 
people's business.

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