[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE 104TH CONGRESS

  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I was asked the other day, what is the 
greatest accomplishment of this past Congress? What came to mind was a 
big stop sign.
  The greatest accomplishments of this Congress were stopping the 
extremist majority from ripping away at what the American family, the 
average family, needs. The greatest accomplishment of this Congress was 
stopping them from cutting and decimating Medicare. The greatest 
accomplishment of this Congress was stopping them from raping the 
environment. The greatest accomplishment of this Congress was stopping 
them from taking away the few rights that working people in America 
have.
  Unfortunately, unfortunately, the great accomplishments of this 
Congress were not positive things that made the average family's life 
better, but were negative things: Stopping the extremist majority, the 
Gingrich majority, from doing things that would have helped the top few 
and hurt the rest of America.
  Mr. Speaker, I am sure that most American families hope we will not 
have another 2 years of this. I am sure that most American families 
wish and pray that we can get back to doing certain things that will 
make their lives better in terms of their health and in terms of their 
pensions and in terms of their ability simply to pay the bills and 
raise their families.

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