[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9724]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   A GOOD OFFENSE IS THE BEST DEFENSE

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, to follow on the words of Mr. Frank 
from Massachusetts, I would like to say that we all know that a good 
offense is the best defense. That is true in any sport, whether it is 
wrestling or football or basketball.
  But I would commend the Speaker and my colleagues to the words of 
Christ. In Matthew 7:3, He says, ``Why beholdest thou the mote that is 
in thy brother's eye,'' the press, the FBI, whoever. ``Hypocrite, first 
cast out the beam in thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote in thy brother's eye''.
  Madam Speaker, we have a very unbalanced set of perceptions in this 
House. If it goes favorable toward us, we think it is wonderful, and we 
proclaim it.
  But if it happens to be unpleasant to us, suddenly, we cannot seem to 
find enough words to castigate it. This is a House in which the people 
expect us to be just and even-handed. That is what they expect from us. 
That is what they should get.

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