[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           LACK OF LEADERSHIP

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, this Congress lacks standing to criticize the 
President. This is a do-nothing Congress. Look what this Congress has 
accomplished under the Republican leadership. They have killed a 
national child care initiative. They have killed a Patients' Bill of 
Rights. They have killed the tobacco settlement, and they have killed 
campaign finance reform.
  We Democrats are here today fighting for education, trying to salvage 
something out of a pathetic year. We want smaller class sizes for our 
kids. We want better school buildings in this country. We want higher 
education standards for this country. We have got to salvage something 
because every child in this country deserves a chance to be a 
productive citizen in this global economy.
  The Republican leadership in this Congress cannot run a railroad. It 
is because they do not want the train to leave the station. And we 
Democrats are going to stay here fighting for education as long as it 
takes.

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