[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC AGENDA

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last week the 
American people voted for change here in Washington. They were not 
happy with the party controlling both Capitol Hill and the White House. 
They want checks and balances, but more than anything, they want us to 
work together to address the concerns they face every day.
  The agenda that Democrats laid out over the last year is an agenda 
that all of us here in Washington should be able to support. If you 
want to help millions of hardworking Americans who have not received a 
pay raise in 9 years, you will join us in increasing the minimum raise 
in January. If you want to help more teenagers get a college education, 
you will join us in making it more affordable by cutting interest rates 
in half on college loans.
  This is the agenda that the American people supported last week when 
they went to the polls. In January, we will begin to implement this 
agenda, and I hope that our Republican colleagues will join us in this 
effort.

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