[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 31 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H893]
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                WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE AMERICA BETTER

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, last weekend my family and I joined 200-plus 
Members of this Chamber. We gathered together in Hershey, PA to restore 
trust and build friendships and, of course, to eat chocolate.
  Now, obviously there were many friendships and relationships in 
existence before Hershey, but sometimes the reach across the aisle is 
very short. Sometimes we look around and we cannot recognize a Member, 
or we have not met them or we do not know their name.
  Well, at Hershey, Republicans and Democrats came together to try to 
change the situation. Perhaps some of the tension that occurred in the 
last Congress was because we did not know each other well enough.
  Now, we do know that we will not always agree; we quite often 
disagree. But we should work to maintain rigorous standards of respect 
and dignity, both on and off the floor of the House.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that, working together, we can make America 
better.

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