[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 134 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 22, 1994]
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                    REPUBLICANS ESPOUSE NEW TAX CUTS

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, the Republican congressional leadership 
of the House wants to turn democracy on its head.
  Instead of representing the people, candidates are coming to 
Washington to sign a Republican congressional leadership contract that 
tells them what to think and what is best for their districts.
  And just what is in this contract? As Yogi Berra might say, ``It's de 
ja voodoo economics all over again.'' The contract is warmed-over 
Reagan-Bush tax cuts for the rich, coupled with increased spending that 
sticks the middle class with a $1 trillion bill for a party they were 
not even invited to.
  Why would anyone take such an undemocratic approach as to sign a 
cookie-cutter plan that tripled the national debt in just 12 
years? Maybe, it is because every candidate who signs on the dotted 
line gets to attend a gala fundraiser later that same night to pick up 
a check from the rich special interests whose taxes they have just 
pledged to cut.
  Mr. Speaker, this is worse than politics as usual. This is open 
contempt for the American people.

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