[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           FORKED TONGUE TALK

  (Mr. FARR of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I was not going to speak tonight 
but I cannot believe what I am hearing, this forked tongue talk. First 
we have the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) saying we are going to 
come down here tomorrow and we are going to pass a bill and we have 
enough people to do that. And then he gets up and says nothing can 
happen in Washington because the President is moving around the 
country. Thank God the President is moving around the country. Thank 
God over 100 Members of Congress are not here tonight.
  Know where they are? They are out where the American people want 
Members of Congress to be on the eve of an election. They want to be 
face-to-face with the people they are going to vote with.

                              {time}  1907

  Thank God the President is moving around the country. This is a sham 
what is going on here. This is an attempt to try to keep some 
endangered species.
  Mr. Speaker, I have heard word on the Republican side of the aisle 
that some of their Members are saying it is a lot safer for them to be 
here because they are running such tough races, and if they have to get 
out there and respond to the challenger's opposition, they could not 
make it, they are not going to get elected. What a sham.
  The Republicans control this place, all the rules, all the 
committees, all the decisions, all the votes. The Republicans have the 
majority. They can get in here and out of here as fast as they want to. 
So just because the President is traveling around the country; as 
commander in chief he can travel all over the world and do American 
business. Thank God he is not in Washington, and we should not be in 
Washington, either.

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