[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 134 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H10755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Madam Speaker, as the 106th Congress comes to a close, I 
would like to highlight the achievements of this Republican Congress, 
achievements which I think make a difference in the lives of millions 
of Americans.
  This Republican Congress is paying down the national debt, boosting 
education funding, and providing prescription drug coverage for 
millions of seniors, just to name a few of its significant 
accomplishments.
  To expand on these, Madam Speaker, we reduced the national debt by 
more than $500 billion, that is half a trillion dollars, and devoted 
100 percent of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds to 
strengthen retirement security.
  Also, Republicans increased funding for education by more than $2 
billion over the last year. We have given parents and local school 
officials, not Washington bureaucrats, more control over Federal 
education dollars.
  Madam Speaker, we have also worked to ensure that in America no 
senior has to choose between putting food on the table and medicine in 
the cabinet. Our Republican $40 billion plan establishes a voluntary, 
affordable prescription drug benefit that is available to every senior.
  I am confident that history will be as good to this Republican-led 
Congress as we have been to the American people.

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