[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11599]
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                     REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IS MELTING

  (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Speaker, as we bring this 104th Congress to an end, I 
look at the pieces of legislation that the Republicans are so proud of, 
the fact that they brag about bringing the Members of Congress under 
all of the laws that the rest of the Nation are under. Well, that was 
the very first bill that I introduced back at the beginning of the 103d 
Congress.
  And they are so proud, of course, of the fact that they passed the 
Kennedy-Kassebaum bill, even though Senator Kennedy, who was one of the 
authors of the bill, is one of the liberals they love to hate.
  They are so proud of the fact that they were able to raise the 
minimum wage and indeed that was something that Senator Kennedy, the 
liberal that they love to hate, also put forward.
  It kind of reminds me of the politician who is talking to the farmer, 
and he is bragging about all the things he did, and he noticed the 
smile on the farmer's face, and he says, ``Why are you smiling?'', and 
the farmer points out the fact that the politician is standing in a 
big, fresh cow pie and he says, ``I think you are melting.''
  I think indeed as the bucket brigade from the Republican side walks 
around talking about how they saved us from all of the ice that was 
delivered to our offices, that they better look around, because I think 
they are melting.

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