[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             ABUSE OF POWER

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, the level of abuse in this House by the 
Republican Party has become an embarrassment. Instead of working on the 
pressing problems of this Nation, my colleagues on the other side of 
the aisle continue to push an agenda controlled and influenced by 
special interests.
  According to a report released by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. 
Slaughter), the Committee on Rules' ranking Democrat, all of the major 
bills passed by the Republican Party in the 108th Congress were written 
with big business or special interests in mind. These interest groups 
do not look at what is best for the American people. They look at what 
is best for their bottom line. If the Republican Party is as 
compassionate as they profess to be, they would be writing legislation 
that protects workers from harm and even death, not dismantling OSHA in 
order to save big business money. They would be helping families get 
paid sick leave and family leave rather than focusing on rolling back 
family and medical leave protections to save businesses money on the 
backs of working people.

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