[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




DEMOCRATS PROPOSE SIX INITIATIVES THAT SHOULD GARNER BIPARTISAN SUPPORT

  (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, within the first 100 
hours of the next Congress, we will have the opportunity to pass six 
initiatives that should garner bipartisan support.
  First, we will increase the minimum wage for the first time in 9 
years.
  Secondly, we will propose a tough ethics reform bill that finally 
addresses the link between the politicians and Washington lobbyists.
  Third, Democrats will make our Nation safer by implementing the 
nonpartisan 9/11 Commission recommendations.
  And we will move our Nation closer to energy independence by 
investing in critical biofuel research.
  Fifth, we will help millions of American families better afford 
college by cutting the loan interest rates in half.
  And finally, Democrats will fill in the doughnut hole so millions of 
American seniors no longer must choose between their drugs or their 
groceries.
  Within the first 100 hours, we will bring these six bold proposals to 
the House floor, and I am hopeful that they will be embraced by 
Democrats and Republicans alike.

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