[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2706]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY GETTING RAVE REVIEWS FOR COMPLETING 100 HOURS 
                                 AGENDA

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, last November, the American 
people demanded a new direction for America. Democrats are now 
providing that new direction, consistently bringing with them more than 
60 Republicans on all the major votes, and they are delivering results 
on the priorities of the American people. Let me quote from a random 
sample of newspapers around the country.
  The Seattle Post Intelligencer wrote, ``Well, slap us twice and call 
us Betty, the Democrats in Congress actually accomplished what they 
pledged to do, on schedule no less.''
  The Charlotte Observer concluded, ``House Democrats are getting high 
marks from the public for their legislative moves in the first 100 
hours of the new session of Congress. They are on the right road.''
  The South Florida Sun-Sentinel wrote, ``Democrats in the House made 
good on their promise to pass significant legislation during their 
first 100 hours in power. Actually, it took less than that time to pass 
the six bills the House Democrats hailed as their top priorities. This 
belies the perception that nothing ever gets done in Washington.''
  Mr. Speaker, I don't know whether it is because they elected 
Democrats or because we put a woman in charge, but things are happening 
in this House, and they are all good.

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