[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, the Democratic Party finds itself in a very 
sad state of affairs. Instead of engaging the Republican Party on 
issues of importance to the American people, liberal Democrats come to 
the floor of the House engaged in a campaign to destroy the reputation 
of one man.
  But I say to my colleagues, tearing down one man will not elevate the 
lives of the American people. Engaging in a smear campaign will not 
ease the worries of working Americans. The voters do not care about the 
personal insults we hurl at one another on this floor. They care about 
their children and the future we leave them. They care about the sad 
state of education in this country. They worry about crime and drugs, 
and they struggle under the burden of an insane Tax Code.
  I ask my colleagues this one question:
  Does that venom with which you speak to the C-SPAN cameras reflect 
well on the House of Representatives?
  I urge my colleagues to think first about this Nation and the 
reputation of this House and leave the personal attacks in the gutter 
where they belong.

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