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HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES—December 5, 2000 26198 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE December 5, 2000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—December 5, 2000 The House met at 9 a.m. and was Jacob, that he may instruct us in his Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, as we called to order by the Speaker pro tem- ways, and we may walk in his paths.’ ’’ prepare for the 107th Congress, I call pore (Mrs. BIGGERT). Give direction, Lord God, to each upon my colleagues on the other side of f step we take these days. Let us not be the aisle to work with this Republican- fearful of the heights; our eyes fixed on led Congress to do the work of the peo- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO You. Free us to be led to Your dwelling ple. TEMPORE place. Then we will be light to the On November 7, the people of this The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- world and an example to other nations. country entrusted us with many re- fore the House the following commu- By being truly present to one an- sponsibilities, including passing tax re- nication from the Speaker: other and unafraid to address every lief, implementing education reform, WASHINGTON, DC, need, we will establish true dialogue and ensuring quality and affordable December 5, 2000. and soon find ourselves in a lasting health care for every American. I hereby appoint the Honorable JUDY house of justice and integrity where It is time that our hard-working fam- BIGGERT to act as Speaker pro tempore on You live now and forever. ilies receive a break from the over- this day. Amen. whelming tax burdens preventing many J. DENNIS HASTERT, f from saving for their child’s education Speaker of the House of Representatives. or even for their own retirement. It is THE JOURNAL f time that our seniors be able to afford The SPEAKER pro tempore. The both food and medicine through a vol- MORNING HOUR DEBATES Chair has examined the Journal of the untary prescription drug benefit under The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- last day’s proceedings and announces Medicare. And it is time that our ant to the order of the House of Janu- to the House his approval thereof. teachers and parents, not the Wash- ary 19, 1999, the Chair will now recog- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- ington bureaucrats, are empowered to nize Members from lists submitted by nal stands approved. provide a quality education for Amer- the majority and minority leaders for f ica’s children. morning hour debates. The Chair will PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Working together, in a bipartisan alternate recognition between the par- fashion, we can accomplish these goals ties, with each party limited to not to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the and many more. exceed 25 minutes, and each Member, gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. It is my hope that my colleagues on except the majority leader, the minor- MURTHA) come forward and lead the the other side of the aisle will put po- ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- House in the Pledge of Allegiance. litical partisanship aside and join with ited to not to exceed 5 minutes, but in Mr. MURTHA led the Pledge of Alle- me to do the work of the people. no event shall debate extend beyond giance as follows: f 9:50 a.m. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, REINVENTED COMMUNISM indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. RECESS (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- f given permission to address the House ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- PRIVATE CALENDAR for 1 minute and to revise and extend clares the House in recess until 10 a.m. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is his remarks.) Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 1 Private Calendar day. The Clerk will Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, minute a.m.), the House stood in recess call the first individual bill on the Pri- America’s trade deficit for September until 10 a.m. vate Calendar. hit $35 billion for one month, $35 bil- lion. America is heading for a $420 bil- f f lion, 1-year trade deficit. b 1000 ALEXANDRE MALOFIENKO, OLGA Unbelievable. If this continues, MATSKO, AND VLADIMIR America will have a crash that will AFTER RECESS MALOFIENKO make 1929 look like a fender-bender. The recess having expired, the House The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. What is even worse, China is now was called to order by the Speaker pro 199) for the relief of Alexandre taking $100 billion of cash out of our tempore (Mr. LAHOOD) at 10 a.m. Malofienko, Olga Matsko, and their economy, buying missiles, and pointing f son, Vladimir Malofienko. them at us. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Beam us up, all of us. PRAYER er, I ask unanimous consent that the We must be stupid. Ronald Reagan The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. bill be passed over without prejudice. almost destroyed Communism, and the Coughlin, offered the following prayer: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Clinton administration has reinvented The prophet Isaiah had a vision that objection to the request of the gen- it, is now subsidizing it, and is now sta- helped people to see through the dark- tleman from Wisconsin? bilizing it. ening days of winter. There was no objection. I yield back any common sense left ‘‘In days to come, the mountain of f and any patriotism left in this Con- the Lord’s house shall be established as gress. TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE the highest mountain and raised above f the hills. All nations shall stream to- (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given ward it; many people shall come and permission to address the House for 1 AN ERA OF BIPARTISANSHIP say: ‘Come, let us climb the Lord’s minute and to revise and extend his re- (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was mountain, to the house of the God of marks.) given permission to address the House b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate jul 14 2003 12:21 Jan 23, 2005 Jkt 029102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H05DE0.000 H05DE0 December 5, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 26199 for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. Speaker, the continuing resolu- level of appropriations for items such her remarks.) tion that we bring to the floor this as education that are now contained in Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, morning is a 2-day extension to the the Labor-Health education con- Republicans have returned fiscal re- current continuing resolution that will ference. sponsibility and discipline to Wash- keep the remaining elements of the Mr. Speaker, we have the votes in ington. When House Republicans be- Government operating that have not both Houses for that Labor-Health and came a majority in 1994, there were yet had their regular appropriations Education conference if the leadership deficits as far as the eye could see. bills enacted. will ever allow it to come to the floor. Today, because House Republicans held As our colleagues know, we really But so far, it is being prevented from the line on spending and reined in have only one appropriations bill that coming to the floor by the leadership. President Clinton and House Demo- has not been concluded and most of the I would simply say that some may re- crats, there is boundless prosperity. issues relative to not concluding that member around here what happened And because of this, America has re- bill have been non-appropriations over the past year. For the first 9 elected a House Republican majority issues. They have been policy issues, months of the year, it was apparent for four consecutive elections. legislative issues. Nevertheless, that that the majority was intending to pro- It is now time to work together bill is not completed. vide education numbers which were across party lines. The American pub- There was a meeting at the White significantly below where those of us lic has a right to expect their elected House yesterday between the bicameral on this side of the aisle felt they ought officials to work together to address leadership of the House and Senate, Re- to be. Then, with the putting together the people’s business. The next Con- publican and Democrat. We hope that of the conference report of Labor- gress, America’s 107th, will have a that will produce some beneficial re- Health and Education in the closing unique opportunity to do this, making sults. I believe that I speak for at least days of the session before the election, a fresh start with a new President in most of the Members of the House everyone walked out of here and most the White House. when I say that it is time to conclude people on both sides of the aisle cam- Mr. Speaker, even in this time of the business of the 106th Congress, and paigned for the funding levels that prosperity, our Nation faces real chal- it is time to begin preparation for the were provided in that bill. lenges. There are challenges I know 107th Congress, which will convene in Now, apparently after the election, that we can meet by working together.
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