Mike Conaway: “in a community where overreaching and puffery is a state of art, it is always dangerous to begin to talk about things we…”

“in a community where overreaching and puffery is a state of art, it is always dangerous to begin to talk about things we have actually accomplished, but I want to join my colleague from Georgia in bragging about what this House has done in its first 100 days. The leader of this House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), is in no small part responsible for the aggressive legislative agenda that we have accomplished. In addition to those acts that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price) mentioned, we have also passed a supplemental appropriations act to provide the necessary funding for the fight in Iraq and Afghanistan and to continue the fight on the war on terrorism. We have also passed and sent to the Senate a budget resolution, which includes reconciliation for the first time since 1997. We have also passed a highway bill, which will provide needed infrastructure improvements and growth for this country for the next 6 years. Again, sent to the Senate and we are awaiting their action. We have also passed and had the President sign a bankruptcy reform bill as well as the class action lawsuit reform. So this House, in the first 100 days, has accomplished much and I am proud to be a part of that; and we should thank Leader DeLay for his leadership in that regard. ____________________”