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




                    THE DEMOCRATS' FAILURE TO GOVERN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, does it not seem ironic that the week in which 
we are scheduled to vote on a lobbying and ethics reform bill, that I 
might add is largely a carbon copy of a Republican bill from last year, 
we are faced with the behavior of a high-ranking Member of the Democrat 
leadership who made a threatening comment to another Member?
  What are the American people supposed to make of the failure of the 
majority to keep their promises? Instead of delivering real reform, the 
Democrats march in lockstep behind one of their own, despite this clear 
violation of House ethics rules. Not only has the majority failed to 
deliver on their agenda, they have shown they will tolerate behavior in 
their ranks which is antithetical to their so-called reform efforts. In 
so doing, they have forfeited their credibility.

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