[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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                           WHAT A DIFFERENCE

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, what a difference 2,000 miles 
makes, or I suspect even 100 miles.
  During the recess, I spend a great deal of time talking with Wyoming 
people. We talked a lot about the same issues that are being talked 
about here. The difference is the solution.
  This administration has a more government, more entitlement solution 
to every problem. It has caused us to think that the only alternative 
to health care reform is the administration's program. That is not 
true. There are many alternatives.
  The difference is, the people in Wyoming want fundamental change. 
They want fundamental change in insurance. They want fundamental 
changes in the causes of the high costs. They do not want more 
government. People in Wyoming want fundamental change in welfare. They 
want to create incentives for people to be back in the workplace, but 
they do not want the Government to set a ``one size fits all'' program 
for small communities in Wyoming.
  People want to do something about crime, but they do not want the 
Federal Government to take away the money that has been used in 
successful drug treatments and put it in some kind of 100,000 police 
officers on the street that will not affect people in my State.
  Incredibly, and I think increasingly, taxpayers are aware that the 
Government cannot fix everything with more government. Indeed, we need 
to help local governments to solve the problems that fit the problem.

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