[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SORRY RECORD OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESS

  (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, yesterday House Republicans held a campaign 
rally on the steps of the Capitol to celebrate their 2 years of running 
Congress with balloons and a brass band.
  But as someone once said, you can put wings on a pig but that doesn't 
make it an eagle.
  What's really going on here, and the reason why we are meeting in a 
highly unusual Saturday session is that Republicans are in a desperate 
hurry to get out of town and start putting some distance between 
themselves and the sorry record of failure they have accumulated.
  Don't just take my word for it. Listen to what the Los Angeles Times 
said earlier this week:

       The 104th Congress, which began almost 2 years ago with 
     Republicans storming the barricades of the Washington 
     establishment is ending with a mad dash for the exits--their 
     forced march toward adjournment looks more like a hasty 
     retreat.
     
                               ____________________