[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1742-1743]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 END OF 100-HOUR AGENDA--THANK GOODNESS

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, thank goodness that the 100-hour 
agenda is over. Maybe now we can get down

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to doing some real work on behalf of the American people.
  The celebration by our friends on the other side of the aisle is for 
a victory of form over substance. In just 2 weeks, they have passed a 
watered-down 9/11 Commission recommendations package, killed working-
class jobs by imposing an unfunded mandate upon small businesses, 
limited choice in health care by forcing the government to fix prices 
and decrease the availability of medicines for seniors, pulled a bait-
and-switch by misrepresenting their promise to cut student loan 
interest rates while offering no real relief to students; and finally, 
amazingly, fostered greater reliance on foreign oil by raising taxes on 
domestic oil production and exploration.
  The American people know the difference between campaign rhetoric and 
good policy, and they demand that the majority honor an open, honest 
and fair legislative process, one that produces positive, principled 
and bipartisan solutions. The American people expect no less and 
deserve more than has been delivered so far.

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