[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HARRY TRUMAN'S WISDOM

  (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, today we celebrate the birthday of a truly 
great American. Harry Truman was a straight talking, commonsense 
Democrat who took over as President after the death of Franklin 
Roosevelt and led this Nation to victory in World War II.
  Harry Truman took responsibility for his actions. He kept a sign on 
his desk in the oval office that said, ``The buck stops here.'' And he 
wasn't afraid of his critics. He often said, ``If you can't stand the 
heat, stay out of the kitchen.''
  Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich would do well to consult the 
wisdom of Harry Truman who could offer better advice than the 
management gurus the Speaker turned to when he led us to two Government 
shutdowns.
  In today's Washington Post, the Speaker attacks the press and says 
that there is what he calls a conspiracy in the media that is undoing 
the Republican revolution. Mr. Speaker, there is no conspiracy. The 
American people reviewed your program and rejected it. As Harry Truman 
would have said, ``If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the 
kitchen.''

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