[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        ELECTION OF RANDY FORBES TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, we of course champion the role of a free 
press in our society, and so it is for that reason that I come to the 
floor today, because there is a story that some of our establishment 
media outlets have not really talked about. So I return to my 
profession as a broadcaster to inform the House that last night, in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, voters displayed great common sense in 
electing Randy Forbes to this Chamber.
  It means a political realignment probably not receiving the same 
prominence as a recent political alignment in the other body. Yet, it 
bears testimony to the common sense of Commonwealthy voters because, in 
his election, we are seeing now the prevalence of a sound policy 
striking a balance between protecting our precious environment and also 
our economy, understanding that education is a national priority but 
ultimately a local concern, and the notion that the money sent here to 
Washington belongs not to the federal bureaucrats, but to the people.
  It was a sound election. We welcome Mr. Forbes to this Chamber, and 
we will focus on sound policy, rather than partisan politics.

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