[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            URGING A VOTE AGAINST THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, Speaker Pelosi put forth this promise on 
November 13, 2006, regarding her intentions to govern the House in a 
bipartisan, well-mannered fashion:
  ``We will restore civility to our debate. We will restore 
bipartisanship to the administration of the House, reestablish regular 
order, and ensure the rights of the minority are heard. The voice of 
every American has a right to be heard, and that is what the American 
people expect and deserve.''
  Those are the words of Speaker Pelosi. But the actions of Speaker 
Pelosi and this Democrat majority are very different. And it is no 
surprise that this week, just like last week and the previous week, the 
Democrats are railroading legislation through this House. This time it 
is a $460 billion spending bill that won't see a committee hearing, 
won't see a committee markup, that won't see the light of day, Madam 
Speaker, and will cost every taxpayer in America $3,500 apiece.
  The Democrats believe that regular order is still out of order. They 
also believe that campaign promises are not worth keeping.
  I believe the American people deserve better, and I think we should 
vote down this continuing resolution that spends $460 billion of our 
own taxpayer money.

                          ____________________