[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11106]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  BOTH PARTIES MUST WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE GREATER GOOD FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, I come here today and I listen and I am 
amazed by the vitriolic rhetoric from the other side of the aisle; 
accusations that everything wrong in America is the majority party's 
problem.
  It takes both parties to get something done. Gun laws are a good 
example. Yes, we need to move on gun legislation; and, yes, we need to 
protect the rights of Americans under the Second Amendment. I believe 
sometimes, when I listen to the rhetoric, they would throw out the 
Constitution for the political gain they think they might get on that 
issue. Or campaign finance reform. Yes, we must do that now, whether it 
is fair or whether it is not fair.
  My colleagues, I am amazed by the attitude, the political rawness 
that I see here in this House, when only by working together can we 
achieve what is good for America.

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