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

  (Mr. DERRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, Americans expect their local Congressmen to 
represent their local interests. They want them to stay attuned to 
their local needs and concerns and represent them as best they can to 
Congress.
  Americans do not want their local representatives pledged to the 
ambitions of congressional leaders. Next week Republican candidates 
will stand on the House steps and sign their independence away to Newt 
Gingrich and the ideology of the Republican leadership.
  Instead of telling Congress what the people want, they will go home 
and tell the people what their Republican bosses want. For their 
allegiance they will collect a check provided by the big-money 
interests that back the Republican leadership's hungry drive for power.
  The only pact Republicans will make next week is a contract with 
Gingrich. Never mind a contract with the people back home--they do not 
have the big-money clout of the Republican Party bosses.

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