[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16048]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       REPUBLICAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Madam Speaker, since 1995, Republicans have 
worked to change the very essence of government to make it an example 
of common sense, not nonsense.
  While it is impossible to change 40 years of big government 
overnight, we are making significant progress.
  This year alone, House Republicans passed a Medicare lockbox bill, a 
sequel to last year's successful Social Security lockbox measure, which 
protected Social Security surpluses from being spent on anything but 
Social Security or debt reduction.
  We have also passed a prescription drug measure that makes 
prescription drugs affordable and available to the 30 percent of 
Medicare beneficiaries who currently cannot afford the prescription 
drugs they need.
  We have also passed the IDEA Full Funding Act, legislation to help 
handicapped children get the best education possible.
  These measures bring much-needed fairness to the Federal Government, 
and Republicans will continue to work to make legislation like this a 
priority for Congress.

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