[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            THE PARTY OF NO

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the rhetoric from the other side of the aisle, 
which is usually full of hyperbole, has suddenly dissolved down into 
one simple word. No.
  It is no to energy solutions. It is no to immigration reform. It is 
no to tax relief.
  Last year Republicans passed not one but two energy bills, the 
Gasoline for America's Security Act, and the Energy Policy Act. More 
recently, we passed the Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act. And the 
Democrats' response: No.
  Last year Republicans passed not one but two immigration reform 
bills, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration 
Control Act, and the REAL ID Act. And the Democrats' response: No.
  Finally, just last week, Republicans approved a tax conference 
agreement that will help keep the Bush economic boom going and prevent 
a massive tax increase. The Democrats' response: No.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrats favorite new slogan is ``America Can Do 
Better.'' The American people have a clear choice in November: The 
party that is accomplishing things, or the party that stands on the 
sidelines and says ``no.'' Yes, America can do better, better than the 
party of no.

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