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



                          DO-NOTHING DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, the do-nothing Democrats are at it again.
  First, the minority leader, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. 
Gephardt) let the Washington Post in on his strategy to do nothing and 
take the Democrats out of the legislative process. Now we find out that 
the Democrat leadership and Education Secretary Riley have been working 
feverishly behind the scenes to stop the education bill that will be 
considered later today because of their politics.
  The Democrats are divided and confused. The do-nothing Democrats have 
become the have-nothing party. They have no ideas; they have no 
solutions. They only have partisan, risky, political schemes.
  While Democrats fight among themselves, the Republican majority is 
united in its commitment to work overtime on behalf of the American 
people.
  Mr. Speaker, while the Democrats did nothing, we passed Social 
Security lockbox legislation to ensure retirement security for our 
seniors. While the Democrats did nothing, we passed ballistic missile 
defense to protect our national security. While the Democrats did 
nothing, we passed the Y2K liability reform. While the Democrats do 
nothing, we will pass education reform today that puts better qualified 
teachers in the classrooms. And while the Democrats do nothing in the 
very near future, Republicans will pass real tax reform for the 
American people.
  Mr. Speaker, history will regard this Congress as one of the most 
productive in recent times. These same historians will report that we 
did all of these great things without any help whatsoever from the do-
nothing Democrats.

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