[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 28187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               ELECTIONS

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday on the floor of this assembly 
I spoke about the sleeper issue in the 2000 election that was emerging 
in the ballot initiatives across the country. The ballot results are 
in. We need look no further than northern Virginia to see that growth 
and livable communities, quality of life, are becoming the emerging 
issue.
  Even the Virginia victory by the Republicans in the legislature was 
due to more than a huge infusion of campaign money. Republican 
candidates took moderate positions on gun violence, unplanned growth, 
and transportation.
  We do not have to wait to the year 2000 election. I strongly urge my 
Republican colleagues to embrace these elements of livable communities: 
hiring more teachers, police, reducing gun violence, and giving 
communities the mechanisms to manage growth. America will be the 
winner.

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