[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1744]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        COMPLETION OF 100 HOURS

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, last November the American people 
overwhelmingly called for change in Congress and a change in the 
direction of this country. In the first 100 hours after taking office 
the new Democratic majority answered that call by passing significant 
legislation to begin taking this Congress and this country in a new 
direction.
  First, we passed groundbreaking ethics reform and fiscal 
responsibility rules to clean up the way Congress operates. Then we 
implemented the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, a long overdue 
step towards making our Nation safer. We went on to raise the minimum 
wage for millions of working Americans, gave HHS the ability to 
negotiate cheaper prescription drug prices for millions of seniors, and 
made college tuition more affordable for millions of students. And just 
yesterday, we repealed Republican policies that gave corporate welfare 
to big oil companies instead of investing those funds in consumer 
relief alternative fuels and energy efficient technology.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats were elected because Americans wanted to see 
real change in Congress, and we have not let them down. The legislation 
we passed will make a real difference in the lives of all Americans, 
and we can all be proud of the great start that we have made right here 
in this House.

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