[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 25, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: May 25, 1994]
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                          THE TIDE IS CHANGING

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 1994

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, soon we will welcome a new Republican 
Member from Kentucky into the House.
  The election of Ron Lewis signals a sea change that is taking place 
in this country. His election to the House from a district held by 
Democrats since the Civil War sends an unmistakable message to 
President Clinton and the Democrats in the House: The people are not 
buying it.
  They don't buy that big Government, and big Government spending are 
the solutions to the problems we face in this country.
  The people are not buying the ultraliberal policies cloaked in 
moderate rhetoric that the President sells in his constant campaign 
mode.
  And in particular, in the second Congressional District of Kentucky, 
the people didn't buy into the idea that they should send another 
Democrat to Washington to be a foot soldier for the Clinton agenda.
  The people voted for energized leadership and for change, and they 
voted Republican. The election of Ron Lewis is the beginning of the 
1994 thaw of the ice age of Democrats who have controlled Congress 
since 1954. November 1994 will be a Republican avalanche.

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