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




                           WASHINGTON TO WORK

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, as an advocate of the Welfare To Work 
initiative last year, I come forward to propose a sequel this year: 
Washington To Work. How about it? How about this House getting to work 
the way they said they wanted the welfare folks to go to work last 
year. Mr. Speaker, the work ethic seems to be in full blown retreat 
here in Washington.
  I spent some time preparing this comprehensive list of all of the 
accomplishments of this Gingrich Congress. Here they are, and there is 
room for a little more on this blank chart, because there are millions 
of children who have no health insurance; there are millions of young 
people who want the chance to pursue a college education.
  There are those of us who want the budget balanced with true balance, 
who want to reform the campaign finance system, and yet in this 
leaderless, aimless Gingrich House, this is the comprehensive list of 
accomplishments. It is time to apply the same work ethic to this House 
that our Republican colleagues and some of us on the Democratic side 
sought to apply to the welfare system last year.

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