NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I think the preceding two speeches offer a classic contrast where we come as a free people to debate ideas because my…”

“I think the preceding two speeches offer a classic contrast where we come as a free people to debate ideas because my friend from Oregon who precedes me is caught up in the politics of envy. Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that as Americans, Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, we would do well to set aside the politics of envy and embrace the policies of opportunity. Mr. Speaker, as all of my colleagues had the opportunity on recess to spend time with their families, I also spent a good bit of time with my constituents in the Sixth Congressional District of Arizona, a district in square mileage almost the size of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in 13 town halls held across the width and breadth of the Sixth District I found that constituents were consistently rejecting the politics of envy for the policies of opportunity as enunciated by our common-sense majority in the Congress as we pledged during this 106th Congress, number one, to save and secure Social Security and Medicare not only for today's seniors, but for tomorrow's, as we also move to save and strengthen and rebuild our national defenses and our national security, as we work to improve education by empowering leaders at the local level, locally elected school boards; but, more importantly, teachers in the classroom and parents in the home because we know that teachers in the classroom and parents at home can deal far better with the educational challenges of their youngsters than…”