[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: January 26, 1994]
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                      A SHORTER STATE OF THE UNION

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, as most of us have, I spent the 
last month and a half in my district, in Wyoming, in town meetings and 
in group and personal meetings, and let me share with the Members the 
thoughts that I picked up in sort of a State of the Union Message. It 
will be shorter than the one last night.
  First of all, there are four issues that came to most of us, and one 
was health care, and the point the folks in Wyoming made was that they 
do want a government-controlled program. They want to make fundamental 
changes and fix those things that are broken. They want to make sure 
the poor are helped but that the middle class does not pay more for 
less.
  The second point was gun control. Folks were pretty irate about 
taking guns away from honest citizens, and they are not a bit into the 
notion that the bad guys are going to go to Gambells and come back in 5 
days to get their guns; they will get them somewhere else.
  The third point is sort of a regional issue, an assault on the West, 
and that is the idea of using their resources in a multiple use way. 
Fifty percent of our State belongs to the Federal Government. If you do 
not use it that way, we do not have an economic future.
  Finally, too much Government and too much regulation. Government 
cannot solve all the problems. We need less taxes and less regulation 
and a private sector that is encouraged to grow.

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