As he says, "Each and every recently elected legislator received his education after the retrocession of Taiwan. Our teachers and professors were for the most part originally from the mainland. We cannot afford ingratitude towards them; we cannot fail to recognize the value of their contribution to the development of Taiwan."
費希平在質詢時又指出，國民黨對台灣的建設，是有目共睹的事實，「各位增額委員都是台灣光復後受教育的，老師、教授多半是大陸人，飲水思源，不能把他們對台灣的貢獻一筆抹煞」，他說。