[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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                        BREAKDOWN IN LEADERSHIP

  (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, I detect a breakdown in leadership around 
here. At this late date there is no rule on the crime bill, the health 
care bill has not been written. Why this breakdown? Because the 
Democratic leadership is pushing legislation that the American people 
do not want.
  Let us take crime, for instance. $9.1 billion for social spending, 
midnight sports, community youth academies, olympic youth development, 
and the like. Americans want less giveaway programs and more work 
programs.
  Now let us talk about health care. Right now they do not have a bill. 
It is not going to be debated fully; we are going to sit here in the 
middle of the night and vote for it. We do not know whether it is 
budget neutral, and on and on and on.
  Health care, crime, we need leadership, and we do not need to vote 
for these programs in the middle of the night.

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