NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, it is indeed interesting to hear the tenor and tone of this debate. My friend on the other side used the…”

“Mr. Speaker, it is indeed interesting to hear the tenor and tone of this debate. My friend on the other side used the term ``stealing.'' And rather than hurl verbal brick bats, I just think it is important to take a more complete look at the picture. I appreciate the fact that we can have different points of view. But facts are stubborn things. The minority leader came to this well a short time ago and said it was important to work in a bipartisan fashion, and yet he was quoted last year in the Washington Post very candidly that his goal in this Congress was to delay and deny and obstruct so that then a label of the ``do nothing Congress'' could be used politically. Mr. Speaker, and to my colleagues on the left, the challenge we confront now is to put people before politics. Even at this time on the political calendar where the temptation is great to point fingers, and given the situation in which we find ourselves with budgetary challenges, we are coming to this floor with a continuing resolution.”