[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 246]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          MUCH WORK LIES AHEAD

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, today we face a new century in America and, 
as we begin the second session of the 106th Congress, much work lies 
ahead of us. Over the last few weeks I had the opportunity to tour my 
great State and meet many of the citizens of the State of Nevada, and 
during these meetings my constituents expressed what they expect from 
and need from their Federal Government.
  They want a federal commitment to empower local communities to make 
decisions on school construction and modernization projects, not the 
Federal Government. They want a health care package which assures 
access to medically necessary treatments while not eroding the quality 
of our health care system. They want a real tax cut for hard working 
Americans that includes the elimination of the marriage penalty tax and 
the death tax, but these are only a few of the concerns which we will 
need to address this session.
  Mr. Speaker, I am confident that we will rise to the challenge and 
pass responsible legislation which will meet the very needs of not just 
Nevadans but all Americans.
  So let us do as my friend Mills Lane says: let us get it on.

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