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Democrats Should Care More About Policy than Politics

By: Joe Pitts
By: Joe Pitts
Date: July 21, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net


DEMOCRATS SHOULD CARE MORE ABOUT POLICY THAN POLITICS -- (House of Representatives - July 21, 2005)

(Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, let me read my colleagues something that a Member of this Chamber told the press recently. She said, ``It is essential for us to take down their numbers; to take down their numbers on Social Security; and to take down their numbers on credibility. If you're the contender, if you're the challenger, you are not going to go up against the leader at full strength. You have to take them down first and then you have to move out in a positive way. I feel very confident about the fact that we've taken down their brand.''

I do not know about my colleagues, but in challenging times like these, I want leaders who care more about ideas and progress than partisan party politics and spin and negative attacks.

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