[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 REAL AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN CONGRESS

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I'm proud to be a Member of this Congress 
which has delivered to the American people real and meaningful change. 
We are fiscally responsible. We have instituted pay-as-you-go rules and 
deficit reduction discipline.
  Where our majority has made real progress is by creating greater 
opportunity and a chance for prosperity for all. Already we have 
reduced the cost on student loans and increased the size of Pell Grant 
scholarships, and President Bush signed our college affordability bill 
into law last week. We thank him.
  We gave millions of Americans a pay raise by increasing the minimum 
wage and restored government oversight lacking for the last 6 years, 
saving billions of taxpayer dollars and exposing corruption. These 
investments, done for all Americans, are a few examples of how this 
Congress is taking America in a new direction.

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