JOHN LINDER: “it is always humorous to listen to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Klink] stand here and complain about this…”

“it is always humorous to listen to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Klink] stand here and complain about this Congress. The gentleman said that the Accountability Act was one that he introduced in the 103d Congress. That was a Democrat Congress with a Democrat President, and he could not get it passed. We have heard that the minimum wage was a Democratic initiative, but they had a Democrat Congress and a Democrat President in the 103d and they could not get it passed. This Congress has also imposed congressional reforms and the line- item veto. Indeed, 7 of the 14 accomplishments listed by the President in his acceptance speech in Chicago were items in the Contract With America that he signed. Seventy percent of that contract is signed into law and the President is proudly taking credit for it. This has been a successful Congress. We have achieved much telecommunications reform, welfare reform, the Farm Act. We have achieved much, but we have much left to do, and we intend to be back here in the majority in January, completing our work.”