[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 31 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E455]
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        BIPARTISANSHIP, COLLEGIALITY AND THE HERSHEY CONFERENCE

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 12, 1997

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, after last weekend, Hershey, PA, may have 
acquired an additional identity. Congress went to Hershey to make 
peace. What began as a question mark turned into an exclamation point. 
What emerged was a truism that has not always been true: Collegiality 
across party lines is an essential ingredient to the work of a 
legislative body. This is an idea whose time has come--some would say 
long ago. The Nation will be watching to see whether the idea lives on 
in the House past last weekend.

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