[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            WORD TO LIBERALS: GO HOME AND DO SOME REAL WORK

  (Mr. THUNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. Speaker, I have a suggestion to all my friends on the 
other side of the aisle who think that we are not spending enough time 
here in Washington. Do what some of the rest of us do. Go home and do 
some real work. Find out what is going on in your local communities and 
your schools. Go home and work on a Habitat for Humanity house or 
something like that.
  I know our liberal friends think it is important that we spend more 
time in Washington. We do not define good government by how much time 
we spend here creating new bureaucracies, hiring new bureaucrats, 
raising taxes, or how many bills we pass. We define good government by 
how much power we give back to communities and to people in this 
country, hardworking Americans. We are doing what we can to free up 
Americans to make a difference in their communities. That is where the 
real work is getting done. I invite my liberal colleagues to go home 
and check it out.

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