[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H70]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       SUPPORT FOR RENAMING NATIONAL AIRPORT SHOULD BE BIPARTISAN

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, yesterday we saw a demonstration on the 
differences between the Republican and the Democrat parties.
  We had, last night, the President of the United States as our guest 
in this Chamber. The President was received warmly by Republicans. They 
clapped, they were very polite, no snickering when he talked about 
responsibility and personal stuff like that. We were cordial, and we 
did not mention anything about ``you know who.''
  Now, the same day, the Republicans pushed forward naming the National 
Airport after Ronald Reagan. He was our leader. We are very proud of 
him. He was not a perfect president. He did stand tough against the 
Soviet Union. He created jobs and brought down inflation and did a lot 
of good things. He won a clean reelection. We are proud of our 
president.
  But, Mr. Speaker, every single one of the Democrats on the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, on a simply partisan basis, voted 
against naming the National Airport after Ronald Reagan. And yet did we 
turn around last night and show what we felt? No, we were very 
gentlemanly and did the right thing.
  I would ask our Democrat counterparts to consider their conduct, 
because if they want to play partisanship, it is a lot more interesting 
to talk about this administration than Ronald Reagan's.

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