[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this week Democrat leaders 
will begin pushing their appropriations bills through the House without 
proper analysis or consideration.
  Less than a year ago, the Democrats' top House leader proclaimed that 
her caucus was committed to restoring integrity to Congress. 
Specifically, she stated that ``Democrats would bring full 
accountability and transparency to all earmarks, those in the 
authorization bills as well as those in appropriations bills.'' Yet 
today, even Democrat CNN has editorialized that promised reform is not 
happening.
  Last year, Republicans passed legislation to identify all earmarks by 
the sponsoring Members' names and Members being allowed to challenge 
individual earmarks on the House floor.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget 
September 11. We will always appreciate the courage of Ronald Reagan 
who declared 20 years today, ``Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,'' 
promoting freedom in Berlin and victory over communism.

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