[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25937]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         A DO-NOTHING CONGRESS

  (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am glad we are going to vote on 
the WRDA bill tomorrow. Why did we not vote on it in September or July 
or June? This Congress has been a do-nothing Congress. I am amazed. I 
have the Governor of my State going around the country saying he is 
going to bring Democrats and Republicans together, he is going to bring 
us together. I just wish he would bring the Senate Republicans and the 
House Republicans together, because here we had an agreement to leave. 
I do not like to have lame-duck sessions. I want people who are elected 
and have to answer to the voters here. But now we are here to cast one 
vote, and tomorrow maybe one or two votes.
  I wish Governor Bush would get the Senate Republicans and the House 
Republicans together before they want to talk to us Democrats, and 
maybe we can get something done for the American people.

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