[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          GOP 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. Mr. Speaker, nothing we do in Congress can 
be accomplished alone. Today I want to thank my colleagues on both 
sides of the aisle who have worked to make the 106th Congress' record 
one of accomplishments and not of partisan gridlock.
  This Congress has passed some of the most solid education reform ever 
brought before this body, measures that will give parents and teachers 
more flexibility to meet students' unique needs. But that is not all. 
We have also worked tirelessly to pay off our public debt portion of 
our national debt which is saddling children born this year with a 
$13,300 debt burden. Our debt relief measures will save the average 
household an estimated $4,000 in interest payments over the next 10 
years. Think of what American families can do with $4,000 in additional 
income.
  The 106th Congress has an agenda for success, and I am proud to be a 
part of it.

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