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“CONGRESS SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1623-H1624 on April 17, 1997.
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CONGRESS SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
(Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, there is a need for us to do a much better job on behalf of the American people.
Monday, the Speaker of the House attacked the integrity of the Attorney General because she refused to appoint a special prosecutor, when it was clear that there were individuals with integrity in the Justice Department doing the right thing.
Then on Wednesday, in this House and in a committee, we provided for 350,000 children not to have food by voting against an increase in the WIC Program.
Now, on Thursday, we come today to find that Members have risen to the floor of the House to say that the Speaker has not violated any rules; that there is no problem with the way he might be paying back this loan; that there is no question on how he would be repaying it and what the structure of the loan might be.
I would say that the American people are telling us we can do a much better job for them. We can recognize when rules have been broken, when the rules of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct have been broken. We can recognize there is a need to directly pay back a loan from personal funds.
I believe the American people are saying we can do a much better job for us, and we should say just do it.
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