[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S16575]
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                            WORKING TOGETHER

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, as we discuss where we have to go, the 
very difficult times in America--we have problems within our society in 
terms of crime and in terms of race relations, in terms of building our 
economy for the next century--I can understand people sticking up for 
their party because there is a separation of beliefs in many cases--in 
most, certainly. But to stand here to heap abuse on the President of 
the United States and try to discredit the office by even the 
terminology that is used to describe the President, I think that it 
does us no good, that it, in fact, continues to reduce the civility 
that used to exist here.
  I am here 12 years now--almost 13 years. If nothing else, we had our 
disagreements, but the tone was far more civil. There was far more 
interaction between the parties. And now what has happened is this has 
become a political staging ground.
  I hope, Mr. President, that we can do away with some of that, work on 
the problems, work on the budget, on reducing the budget deficit, 
sticking behind our country; if a decision is made by the Commander in 
Chief that makes sense in our review, we support it and not simply use 
it for another opportunity for a political score.
  I yield the floor, Mr. President.

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