[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 162 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              MEDAGOGUERY

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I have enjoyed the Biblical quotations 
throughout the morning, but there have also been a number of quotations 
from the media. My friend from Texas focused on an article that 
appeared in today's paper, and, frankly, while we do not on this side 
regularly champion the Washington Post, I believe that the Washington 
Post described so much of what we have heard over the past few minutes 
on the other side of the aisle, because they have observed the debate 
over the past several months. They said the rhetoric which has come 
from the Democrats is nothing but medugoguery. That is the Washington 
Post editorialization of what we have been hearing.
  We as Republicans have stepped up to the plate. Another article that 
appeared, Adam Clymer in yesterday's New York Times acknowledged that 
in the past the Democrats have tried to avoid tough votes.
  We as Republicans have acknowledged that when Robert Reich, Bob 
Rubin, Donna Shalala, and the other members of the board of trustees 
from this administration signed that report saying that within 7 years 
the system will be bankrupt, we had to do something. We Republicans are 
stepping up to the plate and doing it. Let us address this in a 
bipartisan way.

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