[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 135 (Friday, September 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 23, 1994]
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              REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, the foreign policy of this country is in 
shambles and yet Democrats come to the floor of the House of 
Representatives today largely in fear that the Republicans are going to 
go out and talk to the American people with a contract, a signed 
contract to do some real things in the next Congress.
  The trade deficit of this country is ballooning but Democrats come to 
the floor today most worried about the fact that the Republicans might 
actually make a contract with the American people that will fix our 
economic competitiveness problems.
  We are beginning to see signs of the collapse of the economy and yet 
Democrats are worried that the Republicans might actually sign a 
contract with the American people to balance the budget, reform 
welfare, and provide for some tax fairness.
  It seems to me that the reasons why they are most worried about this 
contract is that they realize that the kinds of things that we are 
going to talk to the American people about are exactly what the 
American people have decided are in the best interests of this country. 
The American middle class is fearful that the economic collapse, trade 
deficit, the collapse of our defense, the foreign policy shambles are 
in fact a downward turn for America. They want people with a sense of 
hope for our future. The Republican contract is that sense of hope.

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