[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 12, 1994]
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                      NO REST FOR WEARY AMERICANS

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, there is no rest for weary Americans. For 
more than 4 months, average Americans struggled to pay their largest 
ever bill from the taxman. In 1994, for the first time in the post war 
era, total Federal, State, and local spending reached more than 33 
percent of GDP.
  Americans might feel as though they have earned a chance to take a 
deep breath and start enjoying the fruits of their labors. But the fact 
is, for the next 2 months, wage earners will still be working to pay 
for the costs of Federal mandates and regulations. According to 
Americans for Tax Reform, until July of this year, families will be 
working to pay the costs of Government.
  And, it gets worse. Just this year, Congress has added to this burden 
with a pork-laden disaster relief bill, a bureaucratic elementary 
education act, a redundant school-to-work bill, and new restrictions on 
first and second amendment rights.
  These actions are typical of the way Congress operates today--new 
mandates on local government, new regulations on small business, new 
spending masked by slashing defense and temporarily low interest rates, 
and ever-increasing power over the lives of Americans.
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, for all Americans, the hits just keep on coming.

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