[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CONGRESS' SCHEDULE SHOULD ``WORK'' FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Madam Speaker, I stand here today for my 1-minute to talk 
about our schedule in Congress. And even though personally I think we 
enjoy it, I heard 2 weeks ago we have a vote schedule that a French 
trucker would strike for.
  What we need to do is deal with tax reform, IRS reform. We need to 
make sure we continue that balanced budget effort and safeguard Social 
Security first, just like the President said here in January.
  We also need to work on modernizing public schools. We need to make 
sure we have the teachers and the smaller class sizes there to help 
make sure those children are prepared for the next century.
  The other thing that hopefully we will do this session is establish a 
Patient's Bill of Rights, whether it is the Norwood bill that we have 
or a number of other bills that are being introduced to set some 
parameters on people getting health care. That is what this Congress 
needs to deal with.
  Madam Speaker, we do not need to have a schedule that is light. We 
need to have a schedule that works for the American people.

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