[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: April 12, 1994]
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    THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING WANT LESS FEDERAL INTRUSION IN THEIR LIVES

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, I just spend 2 great weeks in 
Wyoming, as most of my colleagues have, not in Wyoming, but in their 
districts. I have been to places like Sundance, and Pinedale, and 
Albin, as well as Casper and Cheyenne, and I would like to share with 
my colleagues some of the renewed vision that I have of what we believe 
in Wyoming. Some of it has to do with crime. Interestingly enough, even 
that far from the inner city there is a great concern about crime. But 
people in Wyoming do not want us to criminalize the Federal system. 
There ought to be cooperation. We want to be tougher. We need to 
implement the criminal system. We need to have tougher penalties. We do 
not need to be directed by the Federal Government. It was also very 
clear that the people in my State do not think that gun control is 
going to control criminals.
  Health care: Health care is very important to us in Wyoming, and 
people feel they need fundamental change, as I do, but they do not want 
a bureaucratic health care delivery program. They do not want a 
government-run program such as the Clinton program.
  In general, Mr. Speaker, people feel as if there is too much 
government, too much taxes, and too much cost, and too much intrusion 
into their lives. We believe people can make some decisions for 
themselves. The Congress is a bit like a man with a hammer. Every 
problem is a nail. Not everything needs a Federal decision.

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