[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             ``DRAIN THE SWAMP'' MENTALITY IS DISAPPEARING

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, almost 6 months into the new Congress with a 
new majority, the ``drain the swamp'' mentality is disappearing as 
quickly as the Democrats' approval ratings in Congress.
  A new Gallup Poll has the latest congressional approval rating at 14 
percent, which is the lowest it's been since the Democrats took charge 
and the lowest of all time. This makes sense when you consider that the 
Democrat leadership continues to backpedal at every opportunity on the 
promises they made to the American people, whether it's a failure to 
enact openness and transparency to increase accountability for earmark 
reform, their failure to enact their 100-hour agenda, or the increased 
infighting that's being seen on the other side as it tries to cope with 
how to spin another broken promise to their constituents.
  Enough is enough, and it's time to get down to the important business 
the American people elected us to do.

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