[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE FUTURE OF CONGRESS

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the future of 
our Congress.
  I stand here today at a crossroads: a crossroads of cooperation, a 
crossroads of bipartisanship, and a crossroads of accomplishment.
  This is a chance to begin to make Americans proud of our Congress 
once again, certainly more proud than the 13 percent approval rating 
that we currently have.
  Republicans and Democrats can have different opinions. They should 
have different opinions. But they should never push these opinions to 
such extremes that we end up hurting our good American people.
  In the next 2\1/2\ weeks, both sides of the aisle can truly achieve 
greatness.
  Mr. Speaker, we came here not to be great Democrats nor to be great 
Republicans. We came here to become, and to be, great Americans. I pray 
to God that we will be.
  God bless our great country of America

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