[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 12, 1994]
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                 A NEW DEMOCRAT BUT THE SAME OLD STORY

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton is seriously 
considering appointing Senator George Mitchell to the Supreme Court.
  This is the same President who asked for votes because he was a new 
Democrat, and this is the same Senator who has a 94-percent liberal 
voting record.
  The President calls himself a new Democrat but once again it is the 
same old story: a liberal answer for every question. And in this case a 
liberal answer for years to come.
  Not only does the President want a liberal on the Court, he is 
willing to go to any length to get one, even to the point of having to 
circumvent the Constitution.
  Amendment 1 of the Constitution prevents an individual from being 
appointed to the Supreme Court if he or she has voted to raise the 
Supreme Court members' salaries, as Senator Mitchell has done.
  This same provision prevented President Reagan from appointing 
Senator Orrin Hatch to the Court over 10 years ago.
  And this is another example of what the President promises being 
different from what he delivers.
  How many times are we going to hear different stories about political 
philosophy, taxes, and financial dealings?
  It is getting so bad, we do not know whom to trust or whom to believe 
in this administration.

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