[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 134 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 22, 1994]
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    REPUBLICANS SAID TO HAVE PRINCIPLES OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY 
                                BACKWARD

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, next Tuesday, Republican candidates from 
all across the country will come to Washington to blindly sign a 
contract pledging their allegiance to the agenda of the Republican 
leadership in the House of Representatives.
  It seems that Republicans need to brush up on the principles of 
representative democracy. They have got it backward. Republican 
candidates should not be coming to Washington to bring an agenda back 
to their districts, they should be bringing the interests of their 
districts to Washington. This is the people's House. It is a principle 
that Democrats understand.
  That is why Democrats passed the historic crime bill; tax cuts for 15 
million working families; student loan reform to help our kids go to 
college; and job training programs to help non college bound kids get 
better jobs.
  Democrats in this body have a record of achievement. We have worked 
hard to represent the real interests of all Americans and to solve our 
country's real problems. Those problems cannot be solved with election 
year gimmickry and empty pledges.

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