[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24293]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       WE HAVE NOT DONE OUR WORK

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, we have not done our work. The 
Republican controlled Congress has not finished its work.
  Where is the Patients' Bill of Rights? Where is a prescription drug 
benefit? Where is the minimum wage legislation? Where are the 100,000 
new teachers? Where is the new school construction? Where is the 
juvenile justice bill?
  The majority party has not done its work. We have not been fair to 
the American people. They deserve better. They should get better. They 
need our help, and Congress has done nothing.
  We are nearing the end of another ``do nothing'' Congress that has 
not done anything, not anything, not one thing for the American people. 
We should be ashamed to leave this place, be ashamed to close this 
Congress and not to be finished with the American people's agenda.


                announcement by the speaker pro tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). Members and staff are reminded 
that the use of personal electronic communication devices on the floor 
of the House is a violation of the rules of the House and Members are 
to disable wireless telephones when entering the chamber.

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