[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 143 (Thursday, November 2, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H11789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        STOP THE FINGERPOINTING

  (Mr. STENHOLM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I hope we can put an end to the 
fingerpointing. It is time for us to close down this part of the 
session of the House of Representatives.
  Mr. Speaker, I want all of those that have been doing the 
fingerpointing, I want to ask, were there any meetings to work out the 
differences yesterday? Were there any meetings today? Have there been 
any meetings between the leadership of the House and the White House 
since 1:20 last Sunday night? Can anyone from the other side of the 
aisle tell me of a single invitation to meet and truly negotiate over 
the remaining items that the administration or Democrats from Congress 
refused to attend? If they can, take another 1 minute and say so. If 
not, let us quit the fingerpointing and realize we have to come back 
after the election and finish the work of this Congress. This is not 
doing any good, what we have heard tonight, not one bit of good. We are 
not doing anything. It is ridiculous. We could have voted on the 
Everglades yesterday. We could vote on it tonight. We do not have to 
come back tomorrow, but we will be here tomorrow.

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