James T. Callahan: “I wish to make one or two personal comments, and I certainly do not mean to reflect or cast anything upon my colleagues…”

“I wish to make one or two personal comments, and I certainly do not mean to reflect or cast anything upon my colleagues from Connecticut nor California in their comments about our inabilities or our lack of accomplishments. But, nevertheless, each and every one of the issues that they spoke about was voted on and voted down by a majority of either the subcommittee, the full committee, or the House of Representatives. So they did not get their way and now they come along and want to get their way in these closing moments. Just to add a little levity to this, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the gentlewoman from Connecticut brought up a point that this Congress has met fewer days than any other Congress and this Congress has passed fewer bills than any other Congress. I doubt that that is quite factual, but even if it were, believe it or not, and it is a compliment to the diversity of this body, believe it or not some of the people in south Alabama feel like the less we do passing laws, the better off they are, and the less we work, the better off they are. This is just to continue the operations of the government. Please vote ``yes''.”