[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 120 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H7610-H7611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          FULFILLING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONSTITUTION

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, today we took the first vote in what may be a 
series of votes on how we deal with our constitutional responsibility. 
It was an important vote, because it was a vote to be fully inclusive, 
not only of every Member of the House, but to be as inclusive as 
possible of every American.
  At this critical time for our country, being open with the American 
people, giving them a report that they paid the bill to produce, 
letting them reach their conclusions, as we reach our constitutionally 
required conclusion, is an incredibly important thing to do.
  The job of the Congress is to do what the Constitution requires. The 
job of the Congress is to do what the Constitution requires and what is 
best for the country. As the American people enter into that job with 
us, I know we want to be prayerful, not only for Members of Congress, 
but we want to be prayerful for President Clinton and his family and 
for the United States as we do what the Constitution requires. We are a 
system of law.

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