Andrea Seastrand: “It was great to meet all of you 2 years ago on the steps of the Capitol. We were excited and I still am about what we…”

“It was great to meet all of you 2 years ago on the steps of the Capitol. We were excited and I still am about what we accomplished in this 104th. I know we all came to Washington to try to move the money, the power, the influence out of this place, and rush it to the folks back at home, the ones that we represent. But what was interesting, after signing the contract, I just want to remind people that what our promise was was that we were going to bring 10 items up for consideration on this floor, items that were gridlocked in committees, never saw the light of day. They were simple things, things that people back home wanted to have debated. I would like to remind people what some of these are. We talked about changing the way this place was run, but let us take a look. Many times people say, oh, well, you all thought of that in some back smoke filled rooms. No, these items were brought into being because the folks at home across America were interested. They wanted to see these items debated. Like the balanced budget amendment, line item veto, stopping violent criminals by having them really have death sentences for violent offenders, definitely saying if you do the crime, you are going to do the time. Welfare reform, protecting our children by giving parents greater control over education and forcing child support payments, getting tough on child pornography.…”