[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 41 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H1344-H1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP?

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, 4 years ago the Democrats were 
doing the heavy lifting to help hard-working families. The Family and 
Medical Leave Act, to help working parents, was law by February. The 
Motor-Voter Act, to bring more Americans into the democratic process, 
was law by May.
  But now what are we doing? Nothing. We are not meeting, we are not 
working, we are not voting.
  There is no excuse. There is work to be done. Too many of our young 
people cannot afford a college education. Too many children are 
dropping out of school. Ten million kids have no health insurance. In 
fact, while this Congress has done nothing, more than 300,000 children 
lost their health insurance.

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  Mr. Speaker, show us a bill on education, show us a bill on children 
health, show us a bill on campaign finance.
  Where is the leadership? Where is the action? Where is the vision? 
Where is the beef? It is time to act, it is time to lead.

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