[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H4020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, George Bush made his first address to the 
Nation as President-elect from the chamber of the Texas House of 
Representatives. Today that same House is in lockdown. He was 
introduced by Democrat Speaker Pete Laney. Today, Mr. Laney is at work 
with 50 courageous colleagues in Ardmore, Oklahoma, while some 
Republicans outrageously call them ``fugitives'' and ``criminals.''
  Throughout his campaign, Mr. Bush professed to be a ``uniter, not a 
divider.'' If that quickly-abandoned moniker is ever to achieve any 
meaning, perhaps home in Texas is the best place for him to practice 
what he preached. Mr. President, tell Karl Rove to stop messing with 
Texas. Mr. President, tell Tom DeLay to withdraw his redistricting plan 
that slices and dices communities across our State.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Remarks in debate must address the Chair, 
not the President of the United States. The Chair reminds the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Doggett) that he is to address his remarks to the 
Chair, not to the President of the United States.
  Mr. DOGGETT. A distinguished predecessor as President of the United 
States, Dwight David Eisenhower, pledged, ``I shall go to Korea.''
  To achieve peace, why don't you simply pledge, ``I shall go to 
Austin.''

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