[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: January 26, 1994]
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                 PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS DON'T MATCH WORDS

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the President said many good things in his 
speech last night, particularly about the need to reform our welfare 
system and to crack down on violent crime.
  The President is very good about giving speeches with which almost 
everyone agrees.
  The problem is that his actions seldom ever come close to matching 
his words.
  For instance, he says he is against crime and who isn't, but then he 
appoints some of the most liberal, soft-on-crime judges this country 
has ever seen to our Nation's highest courts.
  The prime example of this was choosing a person who was the chief 
lawyer for the ACLU for 8 years as his first appointment to the Supreme 
Court.
  In addition, the President still clings to the out-of-date, 
discredited belief that the Federal Government can solve all our 
problems.
  There is a clear majority today that knows the Federal Government 
really does little more than help those who work for it.
  They know that Government cannot give us anything without first 
taking something from us.
  They want the cost and size of the Federal Government decreased so 
that they have more money left to spend on themselves and their 
families.
  Unfortunately, the President is taking us exactly in the opposite 
direction, toward a much bigger and much more expensive Government.

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