[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 22748-22749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT ACTION ON POLICY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, the 110th Congress came into action with the 
mandate from the American people to change the way business is done in 
Washington, and they wanted action on policies. They want action on 
policies that affect their everyday lives; and this Congress gave it to 
them with a minimum wage increase for the first time in a decade, with 
an ethics bill that helps drain the swamp and change the way we do 
business with lobbyists and make this truly the people's House.
  We also did it with the CHAMP bill that gives 6 million more children 
insurance and gives doctors the reimbursement they deserve, and seniors 
and people with disability the opportunity for health care.
  We passed ethics reforms. We have done things to make this House 
better.
  One thing the President and the people want us to do is work 
together. They don't want dilatory tactics by either side, and we have 
seen them, and the people on the other side know they have engaged in 
them. We need to have order in this House, respect for this

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House, and respect for the American people.

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