[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 136 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PARTISAN VERSUS BIPARTISAN

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, consider the charges of partisanship by the 
liberal spin doctors. Just what does bipartisanship mean to the other 
side? Does it mean whenever Republicans agree with the Democrats, that 
is bipartisanship?
  Fact: The overwhelming majority of Democrats voted with the 
Republicans to release materials from the Starr report. Yet the 
majority of Democrats on the Committee on the Judiciary voted against 
what the majority of their own caucus, including their leadership, 
voted. So by this definition, it is the Republicans who are acting in a 
partisan manner.
  Mr. Speaker, this is classic liberal rhetoric, typical of the double 
standards of liberalism.
  Fact: Liberals who assailed Ronald Reagan for 8 years because they 
disagreed with his policies are the very same people who label anyone 
who criticizes the President as a Clinton hater. Anyone who disagrees 
with a liberal is met with shrill accusations of being partisan.
  The next time you hear a liberal say ``partisan,'' just remember the 
Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas hearings. You will say, thank heavens 
for Henry Hyde.

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