[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AN 11TH COMMANDMENT FOR CONGRESS: WE SHALL START TO WORK NOW ON ISSUES 
              THAT ACTUALLY MATTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. BLAGOJEVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLAGOJEVICH. Mr. Speaker, recently I voted in favor of a 
resolution supporting the Ten Commandments. I voted in favor of a 
resolution to study the economy of American Samoa. I voted for a 
resolution banning Federal funding for physician-assisted suicide, even 
though assisted suicide is not legal at all. In fact, let me firmly 
assert, I am against Federal funding for any activities that are not 
yet legal.
  But is it not time, Mr. Speaker, that we started working on issues 
that are more important to people, things like making student loans 
more available and affordable, or providing health care for the 10 
million American children without it? We should be working to make our 
streets safer. And what about our crumbling schools, many of which were 
built before World War II? When will we address the long-term health of 
Medicare and Social Security?
  Why does this Congress not agree to an 11th Commandment: We shall 
start to work now on issues that actually matter to the American 
people.

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