Dan Burton: “the Democrat majority has been in control of this House now for about 4 months, and they made a lot of commitments to…”

“the Democrat majority has been in control of this House now for about 4 months, and they made a lot of commitments to the American people during the campaign just passed. And I thought tonight I would give a report on the success of their agenda. They had six bills that they said they wanted to pass in the first 100 days or first 100 hours to get moving, and I would like to go through those bills one at a time: H.R. 1, the first bill they introduced, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 is stalled. The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 is stalled. The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007, stalled. H.R. 4, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007, stalled. H.R. 5, the College Student Relief Act of 2007, stalled. And the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, still stalled. They have control of both Houses of the Congress, and these bills have not yet reached the President's desk, although they pledged to get these things done as quickly as possible after the election. They have passed only 17 bills into law. Ten of those bills named Federal post offices and Federal buildings. None of the legislative impact on fighting the war against Islamic extremists, balancing the Federal budget, creating jobs, cutting pork barrel spending, or saving Social Security have been addressed or passed.”