[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16743-16744]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              DEMOCRATS' STRATEGY IS TO BLOCK LEGISLATION

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, just listen to this quote taken from the 
Washington Post recently, ``It's not our responsibility to legislate 
anymore. It doesn't make sense for us to compromise.'' End quote. It 
does not make sense for us to compromise.
  These words come from a leader of the Democratic Party, the 
distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank). It appears that 
the gentleman from Massachusetts has let the cat out of the bag. The 
Democrats have no intention of working with the Republican majority.

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  Their strategy is to block all legislative efforts and then turn 
around and blame Republicans, attacking the do-nothing Congress. Will 
the fair and balanced media help them in that effort? Will they attack 
Republicans for Republican extremism, a charge we have heard from the 
other side thousands of times since 1995 when Republicans took over the 
majority in Congress? Once again, will the media help them fix this 
image in the public's mind?

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