[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, the Democratic Congress has a strong 
record of delivering our promises, real meaningful change, fiscally 
responsible ways, and instituting a pay-as-you-go policy and doing it 
in a deficit reduction, disciplined way.
  Our Democratic Congress, the majority that we have, has passed three 
significant things:
  Number one, we passed legislation last month that instituted the 9/11 
Commission recommendations that would improve communications with first 
responders and would ensure 100 percent screening of airline and 
seaborne cargo.
  Number two, we established historic energy independence that would 
reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil.
  And, number three, this Democratic House, we have made sure to invest 
in over 3,000 new Border Patrol agents as well as 50,000 new police 
officers.
  Mr. Speaker, these are just a few examples of how our Democratic 
Congress majority has taken America in a new direction.

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