[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13662-13663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          LEADERSHIP IS NOT AS IT APPEARS, IT'S AS IT PERFORMS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, you know, leadership is not as it 
appears; leadership is as it performs. And what the American people 
want to see is us performing and solving problems for them, addressing 
the issues that affect them, not window dressing. And window dressing 
is a lot of what we've done since the Democrats took control of the 
Chamber, brought forward their ``Six for '06,'' and by the way, not one 
single bill has been signed into law.

[[Page 13663]]

  A few other things. We've named a lot of post offices. Today we are 
going to have a supposed price-gouging bill. But you know, the harder 
thing would be to really address production, exploration, distribution, 
innovation in the oil and energy industry to make certain that we have 
a sustainable supply.
  And by the way, it's been 106 days since the President sent us a 
request for emergency spending, and finally we are going to get a bill 
that can be signed into law.
  Leadership is not as it appears, it is as it performs. Let's solve 
problems for the American people.

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