[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 4 (Saturday, January 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H31]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRESS READY TO GOVERN AND LEAD IN A BIPARTISAN WAY

  (Mr. HUTCHINSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, we should rejoice today in the beginning 
of the 107th Congress. We have an opportunity to lead and to govern; 
and in that, we should take pride in that responsibility.
  I noted that friends from the other side of the aisle indicated they 
will file an objection today to certain electors. I support the right 
of them to do that under the Constitution of the United States.
  But the fact that no Senator has indicated a willingness to join in 
that objection indicates that that body, and the vast majority of those 
in this body, say we are ready to move on and accept the results of the 
election that has been approved under our rule of law.
  So today we are ready to govern, to lead in a bipartisan way; and I 
think that we should rejoice in that. If there has been problems in the 
election system, we should review that. If there has been a 
disenfranchisement of any minority voter or any member of the Armed 
Forces, that should be reviewed. But we should work together in a 
positive way in this session of Congress.

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