[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 RESOLVING ISSUES AND WORKING TOGETHER

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say to our colleagues that 
it is very gratifying that in just a few minutes we are going to begin 
to address the first issue that will come before us as a lame-duck 
Congress, and it's an issue that is going to be addressed in a 
bipartisan way. I'm very happy to see my friend from Worcester here, 
who has joined with me in doing a ``Dear Colleague'' in support of 
passage of permanent normal trade relations for Russia and Moldova. Our 
commitment to economic growth and human rights is one which has led us 
to this point, Mr. Speaker.
  And I think that the idea with the mandate from the election was for 
us to resolve issues and work together, and we are going to have a 
chance to do that. And so as I get ready to call up the rule in just a 
moment, Mr. Speaker, I want to say to my colleagues that this is a 
great day for us to take on the very, very serious challenges. And I 
believe that the success we are going to have, with the bipartisanship 
that is going to be demonstrated on this issue, should lay the 
groundwork for the work of the rest of this Congress and I hope very 
much for the next Congress as well.

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