[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PREVENTING ALL-OUT CHAOS

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, because of our diversity of interests and 
constituents, Congress is an inherently volatile body. For stability, 
the Nation typically looks to the President, the one official elected 
nationwide.
  This President has abdicated his role as a unifying figure. Instead, 
he daily takes radically disconcerting actions, alarming residents who 
do not know what to expect from 1 day to the next.
  The Republican majority does not even try to help, so, instead, 
Trump's own appointees now seek to reassure the public and our allies 
that someone on the inside is trying to prevent all-out chaos.
  Those who want the author of the uncontradicted New York Times op-ed 
to resign need to explain how that would quell the undeniable chaos in 
the administration or reassure the American public that responsible 
officials are looking out for them.

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