[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H1548-H1549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       100 DAYS OF DOING NOTHING

  (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, today is the 100th day of this 
Congress. Today marks 100 days of doing nothing.
  The Republican leadership has no agenda. The Republican leadership 
has no budget, no education bill, no children's health care bill. Why 
do we not have a budget? Why do we not have a children's health care 
bill? What can be more important? Instead of doing the people's work, 
we are spending our time on busy work and political posturing.
  What have the Republicans done about a budget? Nothing. What have

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the Republicans done about children's health? Nothing. What have the 
Republicans done about education? Nothing, nothing, nothing.
  Mr. Speaker, 100 days of nothing is enough. It is time to address the 
concerns of American working families. It is time for this do-nothing 
Congress to do something. Get to work.

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