[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         AN AGENDA FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, for the first time in decades, the American 
voters have reelected a Republican House majority here in four 
consecutive elections. While the nay-sayers and political pundits have 
spent 2 years writing off our majority, we have spent 2 years forging a 
legislative agenda for America's families, an agenda that America has 
endorsed.
  The political season, Mr. Speaker, is now over; and the time has come 
to look ahead. We will continue to work across party lines in a 
bipartisan fashion to ensure that seniors are secure in their 
retirement and that every child has a successful education and a safe 
school and that working families receive long overdue tax relief and 
that our country's military is indeed ready for any challenge.
  These are the goals that the American people have entrusted us with, 
and we are meeting those goals. We stand ready to look forward to 
working in the 107th Congress to achieve these goals and for the common 
good of the American people and for the future of our great Nation.

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